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A catalogue
80 pages
69 b/w and color illustrations
thread-sewn hardcover
Leipzig November, 2023
Spector Books
ISBN: 9783959057592
Edition Number: 1
Width: 16 cm
Length: 23 cm
Language(s): English
Author
David Bergé
Designer
Lyosha Kritsouk
In the 1920s, in Northern Italy, the brothers Camillo, Cezaro and Alfonso Bialetti produced in their workshops aluminum household equipment. Renato Bialetti, son of Alfonso, appropriated the family brand, industrialized the production of stovetop coffee makers in the early 1950s, and sold roughly 300 million pots worldwide. Producing clones of his produc to beat competitors, the controversial entrepreneur Renato Bialetti did not deem keeping records, prototypes, or archives necessary. In this void, artist David Bergé began gathering Bialetti machines near the factory in ruins, at second-hand markets, and in flagship stores. This book is Bergé’s proposal of a Bialetti catalogue. It provides insights into the production process of a piece of precision engineering, nourished by the voices of members of the industrialist’s family, as well as former factory workers, and union representatives: Bialetti, a twentieth century icon, no longer part of every kitchen today.
The publication is sponsored by: The Museum of Anthropocene Technology (MAT), Flanders State of the Art, Platform 0090, Design Museum Ghent, and Photographic Expanded Publishing Athens. David Bergé, artist, lives in Athens and Brussels. His works are invitations to the public to participate in a journey in the form of hybrid and post-digital formats, silent "walk pieces", time-based installations and writing projects (in spoken and written form).
Artist: Mirja Busch
Year: 2024
Vexer Verlag
Format:
Publication 400 pages with fold out, 21×16.8cm,
softcover with special UV gloss varnish, brochure with thread stitching
Text:
Jonathan Brettell (English), Tahani Nadim (English), Sebastian Egenhofer (German), Mirja Busch (German)
Language:
German, English
Design:
Anna Mandok
ISBN:
978-3-907112-78-6
Temporary and ephemeral,
puddles are transient entities
that establish themselves in
specific locations. Their
presence or absence is
contingent on the prevailing
weather conditions. Despite
their seemingly trivial nature,
when one pays attention to
puddles, they induce an
unforeseen shift in perspective,
revealing a multi-faceted
approach to understanding the
world. Puddles emerge through a
site-specific interplay of
weather patterns, soil
composition, erosion, and human
activities. The phenomenon of
soil sealing distinctly defines
puddles, and their existence is
influenced by the evolving water
cycle driven by climate change.
Das Pfützenarchiv (The Puddle Archive) is a long-term project of Mirja Busch, an artist based in Berlin. Over the course of more than a decade, Busch has dedicated herself to exploring puddles and experimented with diverse methods of archiving them. The culmination of this extensive effort is a 400-page book, presenting the photographic archive cultivated since 2010. Nearly 2000 puddles have undergone analysis, classification, and coding. Positioned between a monument and a snapshot, the book extends an invitation for contemplation, encouraging readers to linger and reflect on the often disregarded and overlooked phenomenon of puddles.