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About The Visible Press
The Visible Press is an entirely independent imprint for books on cinema and writings by filmmakers. We are dedicated to producing high quality and lasting publications of writings that might not otherwise be available. Based in London, the press is managed by film curators Mark Webber and María Palacios Cruz.
Our titles :-
Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory J. Markopoulos
Edited by Mark Webber with a foreword by P. Adams Sitney
Published on 1 September 2014, reprinted 12 December 2017
Peter Gidal. Flare Out: Aesthetics 1966–2016
Edited by Mark Webber
Published on 11 April 2016
Slow Writing: Thom Andersen on Cinema
Edited by Mark Webber
Published on 11 September 2017
Lis Rhodes. Telling Invents Told
Edited by María Palacios Cruz
Published on 10 June 2019
The Afterimage Reader
Edited by Mark Webber. Published on 23 May 2022
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Stockists
Our books are available for purchase from these selected outlets :-
London, UK: BFI Southbank / ICA / LUX / Tenderbooks / Koenig Books @ Whitechapel Gallery / Reference Point
Glasgow, UK: Good Press
Paris, France: Re:Voir – The Film Gallery / After 8 Books
Amsterdam, Netherlands: Eye Filmmuseum
Brussels, Belgium: rile*
Cologne, Germany: Buchhandlung Walther König
Vienna, Austria: Österreichisches Filmmuseum
San Sebastian, Spain: Tobacco Days
New York City, USA: Anthology Film Archives /Artbook@PS1
Los Angeles, USA: Artbook @ Hauser & Wirth
San Francisco, USA: SF Cinematheque
Columbus, USA: Wexner Center
Montreal, Canada: Visions
Melbourne, Australia: ACMI Shop
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Events in Sep-Oct 2014
The Visible Press is pleased to announce the following events to celebrate the publication of Film as Film: The Collected Works of Gregory J. Markopoulos. The opening series of screenings on the US East Coast in September & October 2014 provide an opportunity to view most of Markopoulos’ American films, plus those made soon after his move to Europe, and sections of his final work Eniaios. Full details are available on the Events calendar.
Mon 8 Sep – NYC Anthology Film Archives
A Christmas Carol / Du sang de la volupté et de la mort / Christmas USA
Tue 9 Sep – NYC Anthology Film Archives
Sorrows / The Mysteries
Wed 10 Sep – Anthology Film Archives
Bliss / Gammelion
Thur 11 Sep – New Haven Yale University
Christmas USA / Eros, O Basileus / Listening to the Space in My Room (Beavers)
Sat 13 Sep – NYC Anthology Film Archives
Genius (Introduced by P. Adams Sitney)
Tue 16 Sep – NYC Light Industry
Galaxie
Wed 17 Sep – Philadelphia International House
The Illiac Passion
Fri 19 Sep – Cambridge Harvard Film Archive
Bliss / Gammelion / panel discussion (Sitney, Beavers, Webber)
Sat 20 Sep – Cambridge Harvard Film Archive
Himself as Herself / The Dead Ones / Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill
Sun 21 Sep – Cambridge Harvard Film Archive
Galaxie (Introduced by Roy Grundmann)
Mon 22 Sep – Cambridge Harvard Film Archive
A Christmas Carol / Du sang de la volupté et de la mort / Christmas USA
Sun 28 Sep – Hudson Basilica
Twice a Man / Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill / Ming Green
Sun 28 Sep – Cambridge Harvard Film Archive
Genius / Gilbert and George
Mon 29 Sep – NYC The Kitchen
Discussion of Markopoulos’ Writing / Bliss (Eniaios version)
Mon 6 Oct – Cambridge Harvard Film Archive
Hagiographia II
Robert Beavers and Mark Webber will be present to introduce most of the screenings. Other guests will appear at selected events. Film as Film will be on sale at most venues priced $30.
Coming Soon
9 Oct – Gent University / Courtisane – Mark Webber lecture
10-14 Oct – Brussels Cinematek – 4 programme retrospective
31 Oct – London Tate Modern – Psyche / Bliss / Gammelion
19-24 Nov – Vienna Filmmuseum – 10 programme retrospective
10 Dec – Paris Centre Pompidou – Du sang de la volupté et de la mort
Further events to be announced
The Visible Press is an independent imprint for books on cinema and writings by filmmakers. Our first book, Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory J. Markopoulos, edited by Mark Webber with a foreword by P. Adams Sitney, was published in September 2014. This was followed by Peter Gidal’s Flare Out: Aesthetics 1966–2016 (April 2016), Slow Writing: Thom Andersen on Cinema (September 2017), and Telling Invents Told by Lis Rhodes (June 2019).
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