Laurence Arthur Rickels - Articles and Interviews

Articles:

Rickels, Laurence. "Who’s Watching, Who’s Dying Now?" in: artUS. No. 27, 2009, p. 44-51. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Lonely Ghosts. On the Sense and Direction of ‘Reenactment." in: Text zur Kunst. Vol. 19, No. 76, p. 119-126. (English).
Rickels, Laurence. “Einsame Gespenster – Zu Sinn und Richtung des ‘Reenactment." in: Egbert Hörmann (Translator). Texte zur Kunst. Vol. 19, No. 76, 2009, p. 68-82. (German).

Rickels, Laurence. “Veil of Tears." in: Eva Meyer and Vivian Liska (Editors). What Does the Veil Know? Edition Voldemeer. 2009. p. 46-57. Hardcover, 198 pages, Language English, ISBN: 3211992898. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “By Mourning’s Light. Laurence A. Rickels on True Blood.” in: Artforum. October 2009. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Pet Grief." in: Peter Pakesch (Editor). Diana Thater: gorillagorillagorilla. Walter König. 2009. p. 64-73. Paperback, 168 pages, Language German and English, ISBN: 3865605907. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Wishful Needs." in: Expenditure. Busan Biennial 2008, p. 53-58. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Politics and Psychosis.” in: The Germanic Review. Vol. 83, No. 1, Winter 2008, p. 25-41. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Sounds of Satan." in: Catherine Liu, John Mowitt, Thomas Pepper, and Jakki Spicer (Editors). The Dreams of Interpretation: A Century down the Royal Road. University of Minnesota Press, 2007. Paperback, 344 pages, Language English, ISBN: 081664800X. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Dem Schleier gleich." in: Albert Kümmel-Schnur and Jens Schröter (Editors). Äther: Ein Medium der Moderne. Transcript, 2007. Paperback, 401 pages, Language German, ISBN: 389942610X. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Endopsychic Allegories." in: Postmodern Culture. Vol. 18, No. 1, September 2007. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Second Death.” in: Ellen Blumenstein and Felix Ensslin (Editors). Between Two Deaths. Hatje Cantz. 2007. p. 94-105. Hardcover, 328 pages, Language English, ISBN: 3775720030. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Going Ape: On Ulrike Ottinger’s Prater." in: artUS. No. 19, 2007. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Katy Crowe.” in: artUS. No. 16, 2007. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “The Body of His Work” / ”Il corporo della sua opera.” in: Achille Bonito Oliva (Editor). Meneghetti. Opere/Works 2000-2006. Electa, 2006. p. 51-59. Paperback, 309 pages, Language Italian, ISBN: 9788837044749. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Devil Father Mine.” in: Amy Scholder, Carla Harryman, and Avital Ronell (Editors). Lust for Life. On the Writings of Kathy Acker. Verso Press. 2006. p. 78-98. Paperback, 120 pages, Language English, ISBN: 184467066X. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Twelve Films.” Ulrike Ottinger. Image Archive. Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2006: 495-509. Hardcover, 528 pages, Language English, ISBN: 3938821159. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.
Rickels, Laurence. “Zwölf Filme.” in: Ulrike Ottinger. Bildarchiv. Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2006. Hardcover, 528 pages, Language German, ISBN: 3938821140. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Totem Taboo.” in: artUS. No. 11, 2006. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “The Case of Oscar Wilde." in: Alex Farquharson and Alexis Vaillant (Editors). Le Voyage interieur. Espace EDF Electra, exhibition catalogue, 2005. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Alle-Gory.” in: Alle-Gory. Mandarin Gallery, 2005. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Delay in the Machine Age. Part I.” in: artUS. No. 10, 2005. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Sue de Beer: Visitation Rites.” in: artUS. No. 9, 2005. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “David Askevold.” in: artUS. No.9, 2005. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “The Portrait Under Surveillance.” in: artUS. No. 5/6, 2005. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Haunts of Assimilation." in: David Deutsch. Photographs/Paintings. 2 volumes. Twin Palms Publishers, 2005. Hardcover, 90 pages, Language English, ISBN: 1931885273. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Das Hund.” in: Flashforward. Film by Eva Meyer and Eran Schaerf, 2004. Seven artists and writers (including Elfriede Jelinek) contributed either a text (and reading) or a performance as quilting points within the film.

Rickels, Laurence. “Satan & Golem GmbH.” in: Albert Kümmel-Schnur (Translator). Ästhetik und Kommunikation. Special Issue: Technik Magie Medium. Geister, die erscheinen. Vol. 4, No. 127, 2004, p. 65-72. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Brad Spence.” in: artUS. No. 4, 2004. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Metropolis, California.” in: artUS. No. 3, 2004. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Alexis Smith.” in: artUS. No. 2, 2004. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Memory and Disappearance: Recent Thai Art.” in: artUS. No. 1, 2004. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Satan and Golem, Inc." in: parallax. Issue 30, 2004, p. 49-57. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “My Last Interview with Ulrike Ottinger: on Southeast Passage and Beyond.” in: Atom Egoyan and Ian Balfour (Editors). Subtitles: On the Foreignness of Film. The MIT Press, 2004. Hardcover, 544 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0262050781. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Eran Schaerf: All of the Above.” in: The Promise The Land. Jewish-Israeli Artists in Relation to Politics and Society. O. K Centrum für Gegenwartskunst Oberösterreich. Folio, 2004. p. 146-149. Paperback, 160 pages, Languaeg English, ISBN: 3852562619. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Gross und Gross, Inkorporiert.” in: Gerhard Dienes and Ralf Rother (Editors). Die Gesetze des Vaters: Hans Gross, Otto Gross, Sigmund Freud, Franz Kafka. Böhlau Verlag, 2003. p. 196-209. Hardcover, 280 pages, Language English, ISBN: 3205770706. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Many Eternal Returns.” in: Cultural Shift Hatter. Cody Choi 1986-2003. Paradise, 2003, p. 72-82. Hardcover, Language English, ASIN: B00136V3KQ. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Lyle Ashton Harris.” in: artUS. Inaugural Issue 2003. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Tom Allen. Becoming Ruin.” in: art / text. Vol. 78, 2002. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Middlebrowbeat.” in: Gerhard Richter (Editor). Literary Paternity. University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Hardcover, 464 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0807881252. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Marlene McCarty.” in: art / text. Vol. 77, 2002. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “North by North by Laurence Rickels. On John Boskovich.” in: art / text. Vol. 77, 2002. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. “Suicitation: Benjamin and Freud.” in: Gerhard Richter (Editor). Benjamin’s Ghosts. Stanford University Press, 2002: 142-53, 326-29. Hardcover, 384 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0804741255. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Recognition Values: Seeing The Sixth Sense Again for the First Time.” in: Other Voices. Vol. 2, No. 2, March 2002. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Stephanie Taylor.” in: art / text. Vol. 74, 2001. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Floyd Claypool.” in: art / text. Vol. 73, 2001. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Dean Sameshima: Secret Agency.” in: art / text. Vol. 72, 2001. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Ulrike Ottinger: Glass Walls.” in: art / text. Vol. 71, 2000. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "The Emperor’s New Closure.” in: art / text. Vol. 70, 2000. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Larry Johnson.” in: art / text. Vol. 69, 2000. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Katy Schimert: Blind Spot and Insight.” in: art / text. Vol. 68, 2000. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Resistance in Theory.” Material Events. Paul de Man and the Afterlife of Theory. Ed. Tom Cohen, Barbara Cohen, J. Hillis Miller, and Andrzej Warminski. University of Minnesota Press, 2000: 153-179. Rickels, Laurence. "Bridge Isn’t Falling Down.” Laura London: After School Special. Los Angeles: works on paper, inc., 2000. Rickels, Laurence. "Midlife Criticism and the Teen Age.” Förtechning över Swedish Department. Riksustall-Ningar / Swedish Traveling Exhibitions, 2000. Rickels, Laurence. "Just a Test.” in: Mike Kelley. Magasin. Centre National d’Art Contemporain, 1999: 29-36. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "American Psychos: The End of Art Cinema in the ‘90s.” in: art / text. Vol. 67, 1999. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Art/Journalism.” in: X-TRA. Vol. II, No. 4, Summer 1999. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Toto-lization.” in: Jeremy Blake. One Hit Wonder. Works on Paper, inc., 1999. Paperback, Language English, ASIN: B000UW0Y5O. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Scream IV.” in: Erika Suderburg (Editor). Space, Site, and Intervention: Issues in Installation and Site-Specific Art. University of Minnesota Press, 1999. p. 209-219. Paperback, 352 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0816631581. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Matthew Antezzo.” in: Nach-Bild. Vol. 25, 1999. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "T.J. Wilcox. The Loss Generation.” in: art / text. Vol. 64, 1999. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Kim Yasuda: The Canyon That Took the Place of a Couch.” in: Art in General. 1999. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Giving Up the Ghost of a Fetish: Between the Couples Theory of Marxo-Freudianism and Nazi Psychoanalysis." in: Psycho-Marxism: Marxism and Psychoanalysis Late in the Twentieth Century. South Atlantic Quarterly. Vol. 97, No. 2, 1998, Paperback, 228 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0822364603. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Phantoms of Opera.” in: art / text. Vol. 63, 1998. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Die Prüfung Unica Zürns.” in: Unica Zürn. Bilder 1953 – 1970. Brinkmann u. Bose. 1998, p. 193-98. Hardcover, 223 pages, Language German, ISBN: 3922660711. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Bite Sighs. A Eulogy for Martin Kippenberger.” in: Martin Kippenberger. Hotel Drawings. 1988 - 1990. Works on Paper, inc., 1998. Paperback, Language English, ASIN: B000PI9ZFI. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Landscape from LA.” in: Spring Journal. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1998. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Cryptology.” in: Roberta Kevelson (Editor). Hi-Fives: A Trip to Semiotics Peter Lang. 1998. p. 191-204. Paperback, 248 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0820438421. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Already Given at the Office: On Techno Feminism.” in: parallax. Vol. 5, 1997, p. 69-78. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Tot’s Tomb.” in: aRude. Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1997. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Digging Psychoanalysis.” in: John O’Neill (Editor). Freud and the Passions. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996. p. 201-229. Paperback, 248 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0271025646. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Wall-Eyed Ghosts.” in: Elizabeth A. Brown (Editor). Lari Pittman Drawings. University of Washington. 1996. p. 102-105. Paperback, 111 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0942006291. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Psy Fi Explorations of Out Space: On Werther’s Special Effects.” in: Alice A. Kuzniar (Editor). Outing Goethe & His Age. Stanford University Press. 1996. 147-173. Hardcover, 312 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0804726140. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Theory on TV: Gadget Goes to Florida - Laurence A. Rickels Talks with Gregory Ulmer.” in: Artforum. January 1996. (English).

Rickels, Laurence, Ursula Mahlendorf and Michael Winkler. "Poetry Poetics Translation. Festschrift in Honor of Richard Exner." in: The Germanic Review. Vol. 71, No. 1, 1996, p. 77. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Mine." in: Victoria Vesna. Terminals. 1.0. 1996. UCSB Web Project. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Silence." in: Scott Watson (Editor). Larry Johnson. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia, 1996. p. 25-32. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Theory on TV: Making a Killing - Laurence A. Rickels Talks with Michel Serres.” in: Artforum. April 1995. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Psy Fi.” in: Alphabet City. Vol. 4/5, 1995, p. 96-102. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Dragula.” in: aRude. Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 1995. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Heil Homosexuality.” in: GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. Vol. 2, No. 1-2, 1995, p. 36-63. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "The Art of Psy Fi.” in: Narcissistic Disturbance. Otis College of Art and Design. 1995. p. 16-25. Paperback, Language English, ISBN: B001TYO1KG. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Nazi Psychoanalysis: Response to Werner Bohleber." in: American Imago. Vol. 52, No. 3, 1995, p. 345. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "The Kings and I: Laurence A. Rickels talks with Klaus Theweleit.” in: Artforum. September 1994. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Speaking Djaman: An Interview with Kiki Smith.” in: Thresholds: Viewing Culture. Vol. 8, 1994. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Act Out/Turn On.” in: Artforum. April 1994. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Insurance for and against Women: From Nietzsche to Psychotherapy.” in: Peter J. Burgard (Editor). Nietzsche and the Feminine. University Press of Virginia, 1994. p. 257-286. Paperback, 349 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0813914957. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. “Body Bildung: Laurence A. Rickels talks with Kathy Acker.” in: Artforum. February 1994. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Camp." in: MLN. Vol. 108, No. 3, German Issue, April 1993, pp. 484-499. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Real Time Travel: Laurence Rickels talks with Ulrike Ottinger.” in: Artforum. February 1993. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Mickey Marx.” in: Lusitania. Vol. 1, No. 4, 1993, p. 205-215. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Mummy’s Curse.” in: The American Journal of Semiotics. Vol. 9, No. 4, 1992, p. 47-58. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Spooky Electricity: An Interview with Friedrich Kittler.” in: Artforum. December 1992. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Faust, Freud, and the Missing Entries into War." in: Assemblage. No. 20, April 1993, p. 64-65. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "California Buildin’.” in: Semiotexte Architecture. 1992. 6 pages. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Eating Bambi.” in: 1-800 Magazine. Vol. 2, 1991, p. 47-49, p. 69-71. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Missing Marx: or, How to Take Better Aim.” in: Strategies. Vol. 6, 1991, p. 70-92. (English).
Rickels, Laurence. "Missing Marx: or, How to Take Better Aim.” in: R. L. Rutsky and Bradley J. Macdonald (Editors). Strategies for Theory: From Marx to Madonna. State University of New York Press, 2003. p. 249-267. Hardcover, Language English, ISBN: 079145729X. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Alex.” in: The American Journal of Semiotics. Vol. 7, No. 3, 1990, p. 53-61. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Musicphantoms: "Uncanned" Conceptions of Music from Josephine the Singer to Mickey Mouse." in: SubStance. Vol. 18, No. 1, Issue 58, 1989, pp. 3-24. (English).
,br /> Rickels, Laurence. "Kafka and Freud on the Telephone.” in: Modern Austrian Literature. Vol. 22, No. 3/4, 1989, p. 211-225. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Subliminalation.” in: Qui Parle? Paranoia/Schizophrenia, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1988, p. 18-42. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Friedrich Torberg.” in: Donald G. Daviau (Editor). Major Figures of Modern Austrian Literature. Ariadne Press. 1988. p. 397-422. Hardcover, 488 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0929497007. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "Metropolis, California." Unpublished Presentation. 1988. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Friedrich "Nichte"." in: SubStance. Vol. 16, No. 1, Issue 52, 1987, pp. 3-20. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Psychoanalysis and the Two Orifices of Film.” in: The American Journal of Semiotics. Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 1987, p. 419-445. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Kafka and the Aero-Trace.” in: Alan Udoff (Editor). Franz Kafka and the Contemporary Critical Performance: Centenary Readings. Indiana University Press, 1987. p. 111-127. Hardcover, 288 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0253317096. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rickels, Laurence. "The Road Belong Cargo.” in: Qui Parle. Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring 1987, p. 26-36. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Stifter's Nachkommenschaften: The Problem of the Surname, the Problem of Painting ." in: MLN. Vol. 100, No. 3, German Issue, April 1985, pp. 577-598. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Deception, Exchange, and Revenge: Metaphors of Language in Emilia Galotti." in: Lessing Yearbook. Vol. 16, 1984, p. 37-54. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Writing as Travel and Travail: Der Prozess and In der Strafkolonie.” in: Newsletter of the Kafka Society of North America. Vol. 5, No. 2, 1982, p. 32-40. (English).

Rickels, Laurence. "Gag Me With A Tune." in: artUS. No Date. (English).

Interviews:

Rickels, Laurence and Samuel Webers. "On a Role - Laurence Rickels talks to Samuel Weber." in: Flash Art. No. 213, 2000, p. 69. (English).

Rickels, Laurence and Nancy Barton. "Interview With The Vampire - Nancy Barton talks with Laurence Rickels." in: Flash Art. No. 210, 2000, p. 59. (English).

Rickels, Laurence and Brigitte Weingart. "Teenage Werwolf." in: SPEX. October 1997. (German).

Rickels, Laurence and Gregory Ulmers. "Theory On TV: Gadget Goes to Florida." in: Artforum. January 1996, pp. 68-71. (English).

Rickels, Laurence and Michel Serres. "Theory on TV: Making a Killing - Laurence A. Rickels talks with Michel Serres." in: Artforum International. Vol. 33, No. 8, 1995, p. 82. (English).