Lenz publishes books on contemporary art, photography, architecture and design.
Our imprint includes catalogues, monographs, theory and artist books.
Through a rich selection of images, this artist’s book, published in two editions—gold and silver—explores the birth, life and death of Francesco Gennari’s work Vorrei perdermi e non trovarmi più, 2022, exhibited for the first time at the Ciaccia Levi Gallery in Paris.
This richly illustrated publication combines artwork, archival and process imagery, and includes an extended interview with the artist, as well as new essays by key thinkers in the fields of anthropology, philosophy, political economy and art history.
In the first monograph on the feminist conceptual artist collective Claire Fontaine, political theorist and somatic practitioner Anita Chari explores the artist’s theoretical and political innovations to illuminate a more haptic, embodied approach to the practice of critical theory.
Shahryar Nashat inserts his art in the pages of this new artist’s book, which takes the form of a catalogue-turned-manual: but instead of explaining its meaning, he strips it of its aura, flaunts its nature as an object and describes step-by-step how to create it.
Martin Heidegger, Glenn Gould, Jacques-Louis David, Cy Twombly, Paul Engelmann and Ludwig Wittgenstein: characters that Francesco Arena has chosen or rediscovered in multiple contexts over the time recur in this book. Ranging from philosophy, to music, to visual arts, they embrace the whole world of knowledge.
This first institutional monograph on the multimedia practice of artist and director Ali Cherri aims to highlight the themes and formal concerns running through his most recent, highly significant projects at GAMeC, Bergamo; Frac Bretagne, Rennes; Swiss Institute, New York; Biennale Arte 2022, Venice; and the National Gallery, London.
Federico Chiari, Diego Marcon
Design Sina Gerschwiler
2023, vinyl LP + booklet, English / Italian, 31.5 x 31.5 cm, 36 pages
ISBN 979-12-80579-21-8
Starting with the film Monelle (2017), music has been a fundamental part of almost every work by the artist Diego Marcon. Federico Chiari’s compositions emerge from his ongoing dialogue with the artist. The music and the imagery take shape together, riffing off one another as they are interwoven to define both the structure and the emotional temperature of the pieces. The collaboration between Marcon and Chiari revolves around the deconstruction of codified genres, such as the aria, popular jazz, and children’s singalong song. The intention underpinning their work is to pervert the musical language by using its own codes, along with those of cinema.
TRACKLIST
SIDE A
The Parents’ Room Theme, Blackie’s Song, Personalities, Dolle
SIDE B
Ludwig Aria
This album brings together the music composed by Federico Chiari for various recent film and video works by the artist, including Monelle (2017), Ludwig (2018), The Parents’ Room (2021), and Dolle (2023). It comes with a booklet containing lyrics and images that provide a deeper insight into this unique, profoundly intertwined collaboration between Chiari and Marcon.
Produced by Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato on the occasion of the exhibition Glassa by Diego Marcon, October 30, 2023 - February 4, 2024.
Federico Chiari (b. 1985) is a musician and sound designer. He provided sound for many visual artists’ films, videos, and installations. Some of these works have been screened in film festivals such as Festival de Cannes, B3 Biennial, IFFR, Locarno Film Festival, Cinéma du réel, as well as museums and art institutions such as Venice Biennale, Kunsthalle Basel, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Fondazione Prada, MAXXI, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Palazzo delle Esposizioni.
Diego Marcon (b. 1985) primarily focuses on moving image. His practice centres on the investigation of cinematic archetypes in a process combining theoretical and structural approaches to filmmaking, with the sentimental attitudes of popular movie genres. He has held solo exhibitions at Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (2023); Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Teatro Gerolamo, Milan (2023); Sadie Coles HQ, London (2023); Museo Madre, Naples (2021); Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore/LASALLE, Singapore (2019); La Triennale di Milano, Milan (2018). His work was also part of group exhibitions including Galerie Buchholz, Cologne (2022); The 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice (2022); Royal Academy – de Tempel, Antwerp (2021); Museo MACTE, Termoli (2021); Fondazione Prada, Milan (2018) and MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome (2018).
