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John Russell, 'Abysmal Plan: Waiting Until We Die and Radically Accelerated Repetitionism', e-flux journal, June 2013
Jexus JEXUS
Mute Magazine
August 2012


'John Russell joins up the 'O's between the ecstatic mouth and the anus to create a tunnel connecting web porn, philosophy and revolutionary poetry'.

   
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Russell, J. ‘Dear Living Person'

in ed. Erik Wysocan, Memorial Address: Marquise de Sade on the occasion of the Jean Paul Marat's and Le Pelletier's funeralNew York: Halmos, 2012.

Edited collection incl. texts by Paul Chan, Claire Fontaine, Gareth James, Sam Lewitt, Pratchaya Phinthong, Pamela Rosenkranz and Antek Walczak.
New translation
of Sade text by Robin Mackay

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Bookworks Russell, J. ‘Autonomy is not worth the paper it is not written on: Writing. Written. Art-Writing.

in ed. Gavin Everall/Jane Rolo, Again, A Time Machine: from distribution to archive, London: Bookworks, 2012
   
Punctum [Forthcoming] Russell, J., Dear Living Person, New York: Punctum Books, 2012.

Link to Punctum Books.
   
 
 
BOOKS
Russell, J., Dear Living Person, New York: Punctum Books, 2012 [Forthcoming] .
Link to Punctum Books.
Beasley, M., Rowlands, A. and Russell, J. [Co-ed. & authored chap]. Barefoot in the Head. Birmingham: UCE/Article Press, 2011.
Russell, J. [Ed. & designer]. FROZEN TEARS III, Birmingham: Article Press, University of Central England, 2007.
Including texts by Stuart Bailey, Stephen Barber, Mark Beasley, Karla Black, Paul Buck, Dennis Cooper, John Cussans, Keith Farquhar, Dan Fox, Luca Frei, Damien Hirst, Klara Hobza, Stewart Home, Kevin Killian, Reza Negarestani, Chloe Piene, Elizabeth Price, Adam Putnam, Hillary Raphael and Jeffrey Vallance. 928 pages.
Russell, J. [Ed. & designer]. FROZEN TEARS III, DETAILS
Russell, J. [Ed., designer & authored chapter]. FROZEN TEARS I, Birmingham: Article Press, U of Central England.
Including texts by Georges Bataille, Art & Language, Fabienne Audéoud, Dave Beech, Paul Buck, David Burrows, Ccru, Jake Chapman, John Cussans, johnny golding, Inventory, Martin Mcgeown, Lucy Mckenzie, Esther Planas, Graham Ramsay, John Russell, Clara Ursitti and Andrew Williamson. 800 pages.
BANK (Simon Bedwell, John Russell, Milly Thomson & Andrew Williamson). [Contributing co-editor]. The BANK Tabloid, 34 issues, 1996-7
 
TEXTS: CHAPTERS, ARTICLES ETC.
Russell, J. 'Abysmal Plan: Waiting Until We Die and Radically Accelerated Repetitionism', e-flux journal, June 2013
Russell, J. ‘Dear Living Person,’ in ed. Erik Wysocan, Memorial Address: Marquise de Sade on the occasion of the Jean Paul Marat's and Le Pelletier's funeral, New York: Halmos, 2012.
Edited collection incl. texts by Claire Fontaine, Gareth James, Paul Chan and Sam Lewitt.
Link to
Halmos.
Russell, J. ‘Autonomy is not worth the paper it is not written on: Writing. Written. Art-Writing. Art. Writing’, in ed. Gavin Everall/Jane Rolo, Again, A Time Machine: from distribution to archive, London: Bookworks, 2012.
Russell, J. ‘Dear Living Person,’ in Blast CounterBlast. ed. Anthony elms and Steve Reinke, Toronto: Mercer Union/WhiteWalls Inc, 2011.
Russell, J. ‘A largely intolerable combination of two mainly unconnected texts: 1. Description of the Barefoot in the Head event, at BHQU, NY, 12/11/09; 2. Fictioning and the End.’ in Beasley, M, Rowlands, A and Russell, J (ed.s) Barefoot in the Head, Birmingham: Article Press, 2011, pp. 68-85.
Russell, J. ‘Dear Living Person II. Story of the Eyes,’ Metamute, 14 September, 2011.
Russell, J. ‘Dear Living Person,’ Mute Journal. Vol 3, No. 1, Summer 2011, pp. 112 -122.
Russell, J. ‘Dear Living Person,’ Metamute. February 11, 2011.
Russell, J. ‘Dear Living Person,’ in Gavagai!, (ed.) Mark Dennis, Chris Gomersall, 2011, pp. 6-10.
Launched at Banner Repeater, London, 12th February.
Russell, J. ‘Dear Living Person,’ in Tabloid, 2010, (ed.) Gean Moreno and Ernesto Oroza, 2010: pp.1-13. For the exhibition Pre-City, October 8th-November 20th, 2010, Gallery Diet, Miami.
Russell, J., 'Why are conceptual artists juicing again? Because they moisturise its a glistening sparkle.' Illustrated text, Frieze magazine, September, 2009: pp. 108-111.
Russell, J., 'The Return of the Living Dead III. Clement Greenberg is a conceptual artist. Flatness and Shapeism,' in (eds) Garnett, R. and Hunt, A., Gest / Laboratory of Synthesis. London: Bookworks, 2008: pp. 81-99.
Russell, J., 'The Return of the Living Dead III. Clement Greenberg is a conceptual artist. Flatness and Shapeism,'
As well as the publication above, this text was distributed by dot dot dot magazine/Dexter Sinister, as part of Whitney Biennale, 2007, in the format of single page pdf (861 x 21cm), released via Whitney press list, March 2008 and published on Dexter Sinister website (above). It also featured in two performances: as a 28ft fax during performance of True Mirror Microfiche at The Kitchen, New York, 25 November, 2008; and delivered as spoken word performance as part of Talk Show at ICA, London, 30 May 2009, both events curated by Dexter Sinister.
Russell, J. ‘Frozen Tears’. In Frozen Tears I, Birmingham: Article Press, University of Central England, 2003: pp. 535-642.
Russell, J., ‘Patrick Brill and Wayne Winner’; ‘John Cussans’; ‘Virginia Nimarkoh’;‘Ramsay/Bird’. In ed. Arnatt, M, Collings, M and Grassi, C. 100 Reviews (Backwards), London: Alberta Press, 2002, pp. 30-31, 39-40, 76, 95-96.
Russell, J. ‘The Collagist’. Press release text for ‘The Collagist,’ exhibition 2002. Reprinted in: Wade, G. (ed.), Strike, ed., London: Alberta Press, 2002: 44–45. And in Will Stuart aka Will Holder/Stuart Bailey (ed) Tourette/for the Publick Good, 2003, pp.13-15.
Russell, J. ‘Interview: John Russell & Janette Parris’. Hylton, R (ed) The best of Janette Parris. London: Autograph Press, 2002, pp 56–61.
 
PUBLICATION PROJECTS
Russell, J., Vermillion Vortex, Brighton: Coventry University/Grey Area, 2011. 48 pp.
- Commissioned comic strip version of the animated film Vermillion Vortex, 2010.
Russell, J., ‘Vermillion Vortex’. Art Review Magazine, Nov, 2010, pp. 186-7, and on Art Review website http://www.artreview.com/video/john-russell-vermillion-vortex-1.
- Commissioned 20 minute animated film & cartoon strip.
Russell, J., Artist of the Month Club: February, Invisible Exports Gallery, New York, 2010.
- Commissioned limited edition print.
Russell, J. Negative Space: Crucifix. Stone Canyon Nocturne Press, 2010.
- Commisioned limited edition letterpress print.
Russell, J. ‘Untitled [Mummy]’ in Lucy Keaney (ed), Fools Gold: Practice and Improvisation in performance, Issue 1, Edinburgh: Edinburgh College of Art, 2009.
- Single page illustration.
Russell, J. Mute Magazine, Vol 2, No. 8, May, 2008.
- Commissioned cover design.
Audeoud, F. and Russell, J. Voicing the Vagina. Commission by Bookworks, London, 2004. Toured as part of Infra thin projects to Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and International 3, Manchester (July – October 2004).
- 8 limited edition posters. Including film event/installation at Commercial Tavern. Posters flyposted around East London. Curated by Mark Beasley.
Audeoud, F. and Russell, J. Voicing the Vagina. Commission by Bookworks, London, 2004. Toured as part of Infra thin projects to Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and International 3, Manchester (July – October 2004).
- 8 limited edition posters. Including film event/installation at Commercial Tavern. Posters flyposted around East London. Curated by Mark Beasley.
Russell, J. ‘Frozen Tears.’ Sleaze Nation magazine, June, 2004: 105–111.
- Commissioned project: 3 double-page spread illustrations and text referencing the Frozen Tears publications.

 
CATALOGUE ESSAYS
Russell, J. ‘Fairie Poem’ in (eds) Rowlands, Bracewell & Clark, The Dark Monarch: Magic & Modernity in British Art, London & St Ives: Tate Publishing, 2009, p. 143.
Russell, J. 'Summer'. In: Morris, L. (ed.) EAST International 2009. Norwich Universty College of the Arts, Norwich, 2009, pp. 104-107.
2007 Russell, J. ‘Ocean Pose’, in Ocean Pose. London: Matts Gallery, pp. 2-11.
2005 Audeoud, F. and Russell, J. ‘Pourquoi les femmes aiment-elles l’enfer?’, in Confort Moderne. Programme Avril – Mai 2005, Poitiers: Confort Moderne, pp. 4-9.
2002 Audeoud, F. and Russell, J. ‘You Can’t Raise up the Working Classes By Telling Them They are Poor’. In Hurts so good, Vilnius: Contemporary Art Centre, pp. 7-12.
2001 Russell, J. ‘Tourette syndrome: instantaneously present’. In Abstract Painting
Manchester, International 3, pp. 7–8.
Text reworked in [Russell, John]. Bailey, Stuart, Will Holder, Louis Luthi & John Morgan ‘Semantic poetry translation (after Stefan Themerson) of ‘Tourettes Syndrome’ (after john Russell)’. In Dot Dot Dot Magazine 13, 2007.
1999 BANK [Bedwell, Simon, John Russell & Milly Thomson]. ‘If hope were a time machine’ (1999). Catalogue text for solo BANK exhibition: If hope was a time machine. Magazin 4, Bregenz, Austria. [Hand printed during the exhibition]. Reprinted in (ed.s) Bedwell, S. and Thompson, M. BANK, London: Black Dog Publishing, 2000.
1992-6 BANK catalogues [Bedwell, Simon, John Russell, Milly Thomson & Andrew Williamson]. Including Fuck off (1996), Cocaine orgasm (1995), The charge of the light brigade (1995), Zombie Golf (1995), Wish you were here (1994), Space international (1992).