Livres en feu, livres en exil ( Books on fire, books in exile), 2012
Michèle Haenni, Switzerland
| Michèle Haenni,
Geneva, Switzerland, June 2012 Livres en feu, livres en exil ( Books on fire, books in exile), find their origin in my interest in the destruction of books trough history. A series of hazards, from which the call for artist books of the Al Mutanabbi Street Project, brought me to collect books given away after the fire of the Library of literature of the university of Geneva. The ten art pieces are made of those books from which I tore out the pages. I cut into strips that fill the boxes, proceeding to my own autodafé, making a new book out of their destruction. Born in Hamilton (Ontario) Canada in 1969, Michèle Haenni studied Fine Arts in Geneva (CH) and Anthropology. She cumulates multimedia and creative writing in an Arts Bachelor in Montréal (UQAM), she continues with a Masters of comparative literature in Geneva (CH). As an author and artist she explores in her projects different dimensions of writing, type, text, book, artists' books, installation and multimedia. She participates in events on artists' books and an artist residency with the Swiss Author Society. She explores, through diverse media, the space of the page, organising and participating at different events, exhibitions and editions. Livres en feu, livres en exil, June 2012, by L'atelier de l'Imaginerie in Nécuidaz (Bugey, FR), in ten signed copies. 10 x 6 cm> Medium: Leporello 19 pages, inkjet printed on Hahnemühle Bamboo paper, matchbox, covers of books saved from the fire of the Library of the University of Geneva. www.espace51.org/ateliersip/artistes/haenni.html bj.savchuk@gmail.com |