CAC Brétigny

Published by Sternberg Press, CAC Brétigny and Work Method, the treatise Project Phalanstère at CAC Brétigny  or “Of museum orgy or mixed omnigamy in composite and harmonic order” will be launched on the occasion of the international art fair Artissima (Turin) and of “Les 25 ans de d.c.a, le réseau national des centres d'art" at Palais de Tokyo.

Tracing the architectural program carried out by par Pierre Bal-Blanc at CAC Brétigny from 2003 to 2014, the publication includes projects by the following artists, designers, choreographers, architects, and musicians: Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL), Robert Breer, Daniel Buren, Maurizio Cattelan, Nicolas Chardon, Marie Cool Fabio Balducci, Lionel Estève, Esther Ferrer, Cyprien Gaillard, Jens Haaning, David Lamelas, François Laroche-Valière (Cie Studio Laroche-Valière), Mathieu Lehanneur, Teresa Margolles, Dominique Mathieu, Hans Walter Müller, Rainer Oldendorf, Roman Ondák, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Gianni Pettena, Pratchaya Phinthong, R&Sie(n) (François Roche, Stéphanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro), Matthieu Saladin, Santiago Sierra, Gabriel Sierra, Xavier Veilhan, VIER5, Annie Vigier & Franck Apertet (les gens d’Uterpan), Lois Weinberger.

International launch event:
Sunday 5 November 2017, 4 pm
Artissima, Turin
Salotti di Edra (Oval Pavilion)
OVAL Lingotto Fiere
via Giacomo Mattè Trucco 70
10126 Turin, Italie

France launch event:
Saturday 25 November 2017, 7 pm-9 pm
(in the framework of “25 ans de d.c.a, le réseau national des centres d'art”) 
Palais de Tokyo Bookshop
13, avenue du Président Wilson
75116 Paris

Editorial conception: Pierre Bal-Blanc in dialogue  with VIER5 and Émile Ouroumov
Graphic design: VIER5
Texts, artwork and activities archive: Pierre Bal-Blanc, Émile Ouroumov, the artists and the CAC Brétigny team (2003—2014: Francis Bentolila, Tiphanie Dragaut-Lupescu, Julien Duc-Maugé, Delphine Goutes, Pierre Simon)
Iconography: Métrologie, iconographic series realized by the photographers Émile Ouroumov and Steeve Beckouet, under the artistic direction of the choreographers Annie Vigier and Franck Apertet and the curator Pierre Bal-Blanc
Translations: Dean Inkster, Ben Lenthall
Published by Sternberg Press, CAC Brétigny and Work Method
Distribution: Sternberg Press et les presses du réel
Publication: Novembre 2017
Bilingual edition (English and French)
25 x 18,9 cm
268 pages (b&w)
ISBN 978-3-95679-319-6
25€