Adolfo Bioy Casares

L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images

As a fantastic novel, The Invention of Morel, by the Argentinian writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, inspired many writers, film-makers and contemporary artists, from its release in 1940, until today. This publication gathers 15 international artists and 4 film-makers’ works, chosen by the art historian Thierry Dufrêne, mingling with Bioy Casares’ full text. An original perspective of this well-known novel, also accompanied by quotes from classics of literature, and extracts from films, that has a particular echo in the era of selfies, where image and identity are merging.

Eponymous exhibition presented at the Maison de l’Amérique latine in Paris in 2018.

L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images
L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images
L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images
L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images
L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images
L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images
L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images
L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images
L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images
L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images
L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images
Adolfo Bioy Casares

L'Invention de Morel ou la machine à images

30,00 €

As a fantastic novel, The Invention of Morel, by the Argentinian writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, inspired many writers, film-makers and contemporary artists, from its release in 1940, until today. This publication gathers 15 international artists and 4 film-makers’ works, chosen by the art historian Thierry Dufrêne, mingling with Bioy Casares’ full text. An original perspective of this well-known novel, also accompanied by quotes from classics of literature, and extracts from films, that has a particular echo in the era of selfies, where image and identity are merging.

Eponymous exhibition presented at the Maison de l’Amérique latine in Paris in 2018.

Hardcover

13,5 x 20,5 cm

280 pages

148 images

Texts (in French)

Full text of the novel by Adolfo Bioy Casares

Thierry Dufrêne

Alain Rouquié, introduction

Jean-Pierre Zarader

ISBN : 978-2-36511-167-6

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