Born from the desire to create an experimental hybrid platform free of dogmatic types and definitions, in a magazine world lacking in radical artistic commitments, Sang Bleu is an independent publishing house which stages collaborations between individuals, collectives, institutions and independent organisations.
Since 2006, when “Sang Bleu Issue Zero” was released, the house has cultivated a network of people from diverse fields who explore individual identity and the limits of the self and body. Sang Bleu examines topics ranging from the confrontation and display of so-called “marginal” practises and aesthetics, to the fashion and fine arts scenes which blend together perpetually in contemporary culture.
Sang Bleu also de-compartmentalises its own context as a publishing house, as initiator and curator of events such as exhibitions, lectures and concerts. Sang Bleu’s aim is always to ensure long-term creative production, in which collective and individual preoccupations lead to subversive reflection.
For Forms of Inquiry, Sang Bleu presents three recent paper pieces:
-Sang Bleu & Le Palais de Tokyo, a Paris-based research projection with residents of Le Pavillon du Palais de Tokyo (the artistic research laboratory linked to the art centre) and invited artists and writers Christophe Brunnquell, Marco Costantini, Jean Crotti, Vincent Kohler, Romain Kronenberg, Ange Leccia, Blakam Madame, Jean-Luc Manz, Sandrine Pelletier and Jean-Luc Verna.
-Sang Bleu lll & lV, the nomadic “patron issue.” Examining the in-between status of growing up among its own ruins, the issue features critical texts, documentary portraits, fashion stories, fine art visuals and music; including the production of various devices for their distribution. Among the contributers: Aleksandra Wisniewska, Betony Vernon, Delphine Bovey, Ellen von Unwerth, Erwan Frotin, Guillaume Pilet, Guya Marini, Kris Van Assche, Laurent Goei, Mai-thu Perret, Philippe Liotard and Tony Cederteg.
-Shades Of Black, Sang Bleu’s latest art-oriented appendix, in collaboration with Emmanuelle Antille.
Text by Jeanne-Salomé Rochat, arts editor