Books on the road, 2013 books, carpet, inkjet print, frame installation, variable sizes 51 books frame : 1000×70 cm Exhibition view Dépôt de Dérive projektraum Bethanien, Berlin In collaboration with Anaïs Wenger Photo Uta Neumann

An imaginary straight line between Geneva and Berlin. On this road, the visit of a maximum of places of art and exhibitions. In every institution one or several publications are collected, a bookcase is constituted, in the form of a suitcase. 7 days of travel, 12 cities, 19 institutions, 51 books collected. On arrival at destination, books are set up on the ground on a grey carpet. On the wall, a chronological inventory of the collected books is displayed, containing the first name and name of the author, the title of the work, the subtitle, the place of publication, the publishing house, the year of publication, the printing place, print, language, dimensions, weight, number of pages, number of illustrations in color and in black and white, type of paper, type of cover, comments, date and place of book’s obtainement.