à ses parents

Title of the book submitted : à ses parents – variations autour de Le Corbusier.

Project director : Anthony Bannwart
Art director : Kyung Roh Bannwart
Graphic designer : Alexandre Bettler

Printed on Cyclus Offset blanc, 80 page (80gsm + 115gsm, 20 x 30 cm) + 4 pages cover (170gsm) + 2 cardboard (4mm thick, 19.2 x 30 cm).


à ses parents - variations autour de Le Corbusier, the project written and directed by Anthony Bannwart, encompassed an exhibition, a conference, concert, and cinema surrounding the subject of the exchange system manifesting itself between three factors: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier), his parents, and the town of La Chaux-de-Fonds. It examined the phenomenon of offering and counter offering in the setting of a patrimony and ancestralisation, La Maison blanche, built for his parents by Le Corbusier. Participants explored the theme of offering, origin, home, voluntary exile, and architectural vision. Alongside the young artists, the participation from Louise Bourgeois, Felice Varini, and musicians Gershwin family is notable.

Exhibition at the Maison blanche built by Le Corbusier (22/9 – 29/10, 2006)
Participating artists: Vassili Balatsos, Cat Barich, Louise Bourgeois, Josette Chiang, hobbypopMUSEUM, Hontoban, Daniela Klein, Dalia Neis, Ben Rivers, Kyung Roh Bannwart, Tania Stanic, Felice Varini, Hyungmin Yoon

Table ronde [conference] at Club 44 (5/10, 2006 – 20h00)
« À qui profite Le Corbusier ? »
Intervenants: Alain Monnier (anthropologue), Ola Soderström (géographe), Jean Daniel Jeannearet (architecte)

Musique [concert] at the Villa Turque built by Le Corbusier (22/10 - 16h00)
« Gershwin par Gershwin »

Cinéma at ABC (23/9 – 29/10, 2006)
Films: L'Héritage(Per Fly, Danemark, 2003, 115 min), Mon architecte (Nathaniel Kahn, USA, 2003, 116 min), Mère et fils (Aleksandr Sokurov, Russie, 1997, 73 min), Visages d’enfants (Jacques Feyder, France-Suisse, 1925, 111 min), Le Corbusier [1887-1965] (Jacques Barsac, France, 1987, DAV)
Short films: Le violon cassé (Suisse, muet, n/b,1927, 15 min), Architecture d ’aujourd ’hui (Pierre Chenal, France, muet, n/b, 1931, 10 min), Kinder auf der Landstrasse (Laurin Federlein, UK, 2003, muet, 15 min)

à ses parents © 2006, catalogue à ses parents © 2007

Organisation
Anthony Bannwart (commission générale)
Kyung Roh Bannwart (commission artistique) 
Patrick Ischer (commission scientifique)
Philippe Richard (commission finance)
Frédéric Gros-Gaudenier (Expographie)
Association àsp


Communication visuelle 
Alexandre Bettler (catalogue)
Tom Lucas (website)
Pauline Seigneur (poster)



Exhibition catalogue, ‘à ses parents- Variations autour de Le Corbusier’ is directed to carry out its event’s themes – offering, counter-offering, voluntary exile, origin, patrimony, architectural vision - however, independent from the idea of mere documentation of the event. It contains the records of exhibition, conference, concert, and cinema of the event as well as contributions from various writers (Rodolphe Adèle, Ola Söderström, Gaël Curty, Alain Monnier, etc.) inspired by the themes, and children’s imaginary drawings of their parents and home.

The typeface was specially created with the graphic designer, Alexandre Bettler's parents’ hand-writing. The binding gives the impression of the patrimonial weight. The colour blue used in the spine and inside cover is inspired by the same colour used in the Maison blanche (exhibition venue), a line painted underneath the roof and the cement wall in the garden.