Thursday 16 January 2025, 6:30pm
Nicolas Trembley presents his publication MY CRAFT. Before publication 11, at the CEC as part of the Nuit des Bains (6-9pm).
In conversation with Véronique Bacchetta
MY CRAFT. Before publication 11 is a conversation between Véronique Bacchetta and Nicolas Trembley, focusing on his curatorial practice and his growing interest in decorative arts, crafts and ceramics. In this conversation, Nicolas Trembley explains the history of the Japanese Mingei movement, on which he has organised five exhibitions, and its place in contemporary art. This conversation unfolds by examining the role of the exhibition curator; not only in terms of selecting, choosing and building coherent and meaningful collections of works of art and craft objects – sometimes even from everyday life – but also in terms of creating displays and organising the architecture of the exhibition space.
Nicolas Trembley, MY CRAFT. Entretien avec Véronique Bacchetta sur l’exposition, l’artisanat, l’art, les hiérarchies culturelles et les typologies, Before publication 11, brochure, 44 pages – single booklet, 17,2 × 23,5 cm, offset, stapled binding, 250 copies – published in the Before publication collection, which gathers the pre-publications of authors’ texts or artists’ inserts, which will appear regularly and as a preview before the final publication, L’Effet papillon II (second volume of L’Effet papillon, 1989 – 2007, catalogue of the Centre d’édition contemporaine published in 2008). Graphic design: Niels Wehrspann, Lausanne. Edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2024.