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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
Join us for the launch of Shock Factory: The Visual Culture of Industrial Music by Nicolas Ballet, in conversation with Stephen Mallinder.
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
ICA, 12 Carlton House Terrace
London, SW1Y 5AH
6.45pm
Find out more 👉ow.ly/ZThu50Yrl6i
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
There are so many stages of publishing a book. This is just one small part at the end...
Shock Factory by Nicolas Ballet is available to buy 👉intellectbooks.com/shock-fac…
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
23 Nov 2025
Thanks to all who came by @magentaplains for our Evening of Information Noise Culture. I enjoyed conversing with @Nicolas__Ballet from the @CentrePompidou about his book on Industrial Music, and Noise Music & No Wave. #industrialmusic #noisemusic #nowave
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
18 Nov 2025
Join us at Magenta Plains Art Gallery for an evening of information noise saturation.
Joseph Nechvatal in Conversation with Nicholas Ballet with contributions from Guido Gamboa and Jeff Hunt.
Wednesday 19th November at 6pm
149 Canal Street, New York
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
28 Oct 2025
Join Nicolas Ballet on his book tour as he presents his new book, Shock Factory: The Visual Culture of Industrial Music
More details about each event to follow soon.
Find out more about the book 👉intellectbooks.com/shock-fac…
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
16 Oct 2025
Join Nicolas Ballet and Test Dept as they discuss Shock Factory and explore Test Dept. historical works, featured in the book, as well as the artists’ more recent productions.
Q&A to follow the talk.
Find out more here 👉ow.ly/6Bx750XcqrP
ALT Promotional poster for a book talk on 'Shock Factory: The Visual Culture of Industrial Music' by Nicolas Ballet at Wroclaw Industrial Festival.
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
11 Sep 2025
💥New book review💥
Read the full review 👉ow.ly/zXTc50WVh6R
Find out more about the book 👉ow.ly/8YBv50WVh6S
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
20 Aug 2025
Shock Factory: The Visual Culture of Industrial Music by Nicolas Ballet is out now in the US!
Find out more about the book 👉ow.ly/yFmj50WI6ko
Read an interview with Nicolas Ballet 👉ow.ly/VFio50WI6kp
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
14 Aug 2025
Nicolas Ballet discusses more about industrial music with James Campbell in their recent In Conversation.
Watch the full In Conversation here 👉ow.ly/Ca1z50WAE18
More about his book, Shock Factory, here 👉ow.ly/3U0R50WAE11
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
8 Aug 2025
Nicholas Ballet tells us more about his book, Shock Factory, in his conversation with James Campbell.
Watch the full In Conversation here 👉ow.ly/El9350WAE17
More about the book here 👉ow.ly/tcFk50WAE0Z
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
31 Jul 2025
📚 Fresh from the Shelf!
These new releases dive into industrial music, hip-hop archives, performance and beyond. Thought-provoking, boundary-pushing, and essential reading.
Which one’s going on your TBR pile?
#NewBooks #CulturalStudies #CreativeResearch #BookshelfGoals
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
3 Jul 2025
At squat U122AE noise music duo Forceps performed last night at @Nicolas__Ballet's launch of his comprehensive and image full English-edition book Shock Factory: The Visual Culture of Industrial Music that has just been published by Intellect Books @IntellectBooks.
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
10 Jul 2025
New playlist! 🎵
A selection of songs chosen by Nicolas Ballet, author of Shock Factory: The Visual Culture of Industrial Music.
Listen here 👉
ow.ly/RPTI50WfVUY
Find out more about the book here 👉ow.ly/a9sE50WfVUZ
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
28 Jun 2025
Take a peek inside Shock Factory by Nicolas Ballet – a bold exploration of the visual and aesthetic impact of industrial music on contemporary art.
👉ow.ly/hOYz50WfXQK
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
21 Jun 2025
Happy Saturday!
Here’s a shelfie from Nicolas Ballet, author of Shock Factory, exploring the visual culture of industrial music.
Noise, theory, zines, revolt – this is counterculture in book form.
Show us yours with #SaturdayShelfie and tag us!
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
15 May 2025
Now THIS will be a real treat:
SHOCK FACTORY: The Visual Culture of Industrial Music. An in conversation with @Nicolas__Ballet hosted by Ian Trowell.
Sun 16 Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester.
All tickets & details: tinyurl.com/5f3xb9me
Image of Nicolas: Veronique Ellena
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
16 Jun 2025
On this episode of In Conversation, James Campbell is joined by Nicolas Ballet, author of Shock Factory: The Visual Culture of Industrial Music
Watch the episode here 👉ow.ly/WR8N50Wablt
Find out more about the book here 👉ow.ly/Ynf750Wablv
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12 Feb 2025
Honoré de recevoir le Prix Olga Fradiss 2024 pour Shock Factory ! Ce Prix de la Fondation Lucie et Olga Fradiss, abritée par la @Fondationfrance, récompense un livre d’histoire de l’art. Merci à celles et ceux qui ont soutenu ce projet tout au long de ces années de recherche !
Nous sommes très heureux d'annoncer que Nicolas Ballet, docteur de l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, est le lauréat du Prix Olga Fradiss 2024 pour l'ouvrage issu de sa thèse : « Shock Factory. Culture visuelle des musiques industrielles (1969-1995) »
lespressesdureel.com/ouvrage…
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Nicolas Ballet retweeted
30 Dec 2024
We have some great new books coming in 2025!
Keep an eye out for more details coming soon.
intellectbooks.com
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7 Feb 2024
New review of 'Shock Factory' by @PhilippeSmn for the Swiss daily newspaper @LeTemps!
Many thanks to Philippe for his text and for our discussion ten days ago at the HumuS bookstore and arts space in Lausanne with Michel, whom I also thank for his welcome!
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