Haus am Gern (Barbara Meyer Cesta & Rudolf Steiner) - AIRE DE BELLELAY Additional contributor: Dr. Johannes Binotto Designer: B&R Graphic Design Bern Editor: Self-Edited Imprint: Edition Haus am Gern Printer: DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg GmbH / Alternburg, Germany Publication date and place: June, 2015 / Biel, Switzerland Edition: 700 Format and binding: Softcover / Two parts / Handcrafted threadbinding Size: 12.6 x 7.8 in. (32.2 x 20 cm) Number of pages and images: Part one: 76 pages / 2 images, Part two: 144 pages / 133 images Type of printing and paper: Offset / 70 g/qm OpakoSatin
This books comes along with a big installation by the same authors in the baroque Abbey of Bellelay, but It was not designed as a catalogue of the exhibition, rather as a stand-alone book in two parts: in the first one, Dr. Johannes Binotto (theorist of culture and media, independent author and lecturer) writes about mirrors and total blackness, the second part consists of a photo essay by Haus am Gern. The artist couple made a trip to southern Spain, where they collected 133 photographs loosely connected to the topic of 100% reflection, mirrors, deepest blackness and – last but not least – about serendipity.