Metronome No. 0

Richly illustrated, with text in French and English. Each issue in original publisher's wrappers. A complete run of the innovative 'Metronome', with additional signed ephemera and the four novels published by the Metronome Press. 'Metronome is an interpretational tool rather than a vehicle for the promotion of artists' works.' (Clémentine Deliss). 'Metronome', founded in 1996 by Clémentine Deliss, acted as an alternative form of art publishing, having no fixed location or editorial team. The issues were regarded more as artworks than publications due to its collective and research-based methodology. Fiction was always a central component of 'Metronome', leading to the foundation in 2005 of the Metronome Press. The first issue of 'Metronome', dated 1996, was an edition of 2,000 copies and published in Dakar. This first editorial read: 'Metronome is the first edition of a new series of intercultural publications produced in Dakar and London. It proposes a debate from within the visual arts, interpolating artists, critics, philosophers, historians, aestheticians, curators, patrons and art enthusiasts.' Clémentine Deliss (the journal's editor), had previously worked as a museum director and curator (Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt; Whitechapel Gallery, London) before realising that 'exhibitions were not [her] medium.' Nevertheless, she bought to the role an acute understanding of how to bring together new ideas by artists working in diverse locations: each issue of 'Metronome' was produced in a different place, Deliss taking over an artist's studio and working with them on a one-to-one basis.
It includes interviews with Catherine David and Paul Virilio, visual and text-based conversations between Dakar and London. Artists & Writers: Autograph; Joshua Compston; Catherine David; Clémentine Deliss; Joy Gregory; Elizabeth Harney; Laboratoire Agit’Art; Rut Blees Luxemburg; Issa Samb; Penny Siopis; Djibril Sy; El Sy; Paul Virilio. Language: English and French