Tower of Babel / Installation
2006-2021

This installation has been shown (and each time enriched with new publications)
• in 2006 at the contemporary art centre La Maréchalerie, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles, in the personal exhibition Savoir pouvoir, curators Valérie Knochel and Nicolas Michelin;
• in 2007 at the ZKM, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany,
• and in 2008 at ARTE, Strasbourg, curator both times Bernhard Serexhe;
• in 2009 at the Maison de l’Architecture de Poitiers, on invitation of the Ville de Poitiers, curator Dominique Truco, within the art event Tout autour de Babel, in the company of Bernard Heidsieck and Jacques Villeglé, of Jaap Blonk, Jean-Pierre Bobillot, Pierre Henry, Chiara Mulas, Serge Pey, VaduzChoral and many others, and in association with the Rencontres Littéraires of the University of Poitiers;
• in 2012 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts of Lille in the exhibition Babel, curator Régis Cotentin,
• exhibition shown again in 2013 at the Botanique in Brussels.

In 2021, the books have been put back into circuit by the online second hand bookshop RecycLivre with the help of the ZKM.

→  Centre d’art contemporain La Maréchalerie
→  ZKM, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie
→  Espace Mendès-France Poitiers
→  EXP Architectes
→  RecycLivre

  • The Tower of Babel at the Maréchalerie, Versailles 2006.
    The Tower of Babel at the Maréchalerie, Versailles 2006.
  • The Tower of Babel at the ZKM, Karlsruhe 2007. Photo: Bernhard Serexhe.
    The Tower of Babel at the ZKM, Karlsruhe 2007. Photo: Bernhard Serexhe.
  • The Tower of Babel at ARTE, Strasbourg 2008.
    The Tower of Babel at ARTE, Strasbourg 2008.
  • Tout autour of Babel at the Maison de l'Architecture, Poitiers 2009. On the wall, Bernard Heidsieck's text Vaduz written in Jacques Villeglé's socio-political alphabet.
    Tout autour of Babel at the Maison de l’Architecture, Poitiers 2009. On the wall, Bernard Heidsieck’s text Vaduz written in Jacques Villeglé’s socio-political alphabet.
  • Maggy Hubert-Wallace, Jacques Villeglé et Bernard Heidsieck at the exhibition Tout autour de Babel, Poitiers 2009. Photo: Jason Karaïndros.
    Maggy Hubert-Wallace, Jacques Villeglé et Bernard Heidsieck at the exhibition Tout autour de Babel, Poitiers 2009. Photo: Jason Karaïndros.
  • Jakob Gautel, Bernard Heidsieck, Jaap Blonk and Dominique Truco at the exhibition Tout autour de Babel, Poitiers 2009. Photo: Jason Karaïndros.
    Jakob Gautel, Bernard Heidsieck, Jaap Blonk and Dominique Truco at the exhibition Tout autour de Babel, Poitiers 2009. Photo: Jason Karaïndros.
  • The Tower of Babel at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille 2012.
    The Tower of Babel at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille 2012.
  • The Tower of Babel at the Botanique, Brussels 2013.
    The Tower of Babel at the Botanique, Brussels 2013.
Voir aussi
#Installations #Books #Words #Tales, Myths #Memory #Politics #Censorship, Copyright, Freedom of Expression #Collaborations #Photography