


AU COMMENCEMENT
<EN>"We often ignore the consequences and conditions of production of what makes up our daily lives - here the book. The direct link between our uses and the impact on our territories is either relegated to the background or made invisible."
Au commencement is an edition that develops a material, social and symbolic ecology. Composed of a white book, designed with paper recovered from printers, two images are inserted and testify to the origin of the paper, of the tree. An ecology of attention that focuses on what is hidden behind it. It is about going back up the book chain to confront the processes and conditions of production, the impact on our territories, the remuneration of those who produced it... To make visible and thus leave room for the reflection of new stories.
In collaboration with graphic designer Anaïs Chappelet for the cover
<FR>"On ignore souvent les conséquences et les conditions de production de ce qui compose notre quotidien - ici le livre. Le lien direct entre nos usages et l'impact sur nos territoires est soit relégué au second plan, soit invisibilisé."
Au commencement est une édition qui développe une écologie matérielle, sociale et symbolique. Composée d’un livre blanc, conçu avec du papier récupéré auprès d’imprimeu.r.ses, deux images y sont insérées et témoignent de l’origine du papier, de l’arbre. Une écologie de l’attention qui porte le regard sur ce qui se cache derrière. Il s’agit de remonter la chaîne du livre pour se confronter aux processus et conditions de productions, à l’impact sur nos territoires, à la rémunération de celleux qui l’ont produit… De rendre visible et ainsi laisser place à la réflexion de nouveaux récits.
AU COMMENCEMENT
Lalie Thebault Maviel, 2024
105 x 155 x 33 mm, 496 pp, French + 1 insert
Laser and risoprint
Edition of 200

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einBuch.haus
Berlin-based project space and publishing house, showcases international artists and designers through exhibitions that transform the concept of a book into three-dimensional space, while also publishing these exhibitions in book format to highlight the medium of artists' books.