Paul Paillet, BRUME BOURGEON BRISE SOLEIL, Before publication 2, brochure, 12 pages, published in the Before publication collection – single booklet from 4 to 24 pages, 17.2 × 23.5 cm, offset, black/white, stapled binding, 250 copies – 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, 2020.
This publication was inspired by the novel Les Météores by Michel Tournier and by the song, Coimbra (1930) by José Galhardo, whose French version, April in Portugal (1947) was written by Jacques Larue and the English version April in Portugal (1947) by Jimmy Kennedy.
CHF 20.-
BRUME BOURGEON BRISE SOLEIL has been published as part of the exhibition fascination for fire at the Centre d’édition contemporaine, from September 18 to December 12, 2020. Paul Paillet examines the injunction to happiness, synonymous of absolute love and self-fulfillment, whose obsessive quest has become a consumer good in contemporary society. The artist drew inspiration from Michel Tournier’s novel Les Météores and José Galhardo’s song Coimbra (1930). Some verses from the French version, Avril au Portugal (1947), written by Jacques Larue, and from the English version, April in Portugal (1947), by Jimmy Kennedy, are published in BRUME BOURGEON BRISE SOLEIL.
