Title: Livres en feu, livres en exil
Description: Born in Hamilton (Ontario) Canada in 1969, Michèle Haenni studied Fine Arts and Anthropology in Geneva. Her interests in multimedia and creative writing culminated in a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she continues her education toward obtaining a Masters of Comparative Literature. As an author and artist, her projects explore different dimensions of writing, type, text, book, artists' books, installation and multimedia. She participates in artists' books events, and is an artist-in-residence with the Swiss Author Society. She explores, through diverse media, the space of the page; she organizes and participates at different events, and exhibitions.
Subjects: Violence, Pictorial works, Booksellers and bookselling, Bombings, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Protest movements, Books and reading in art, Intellectual life, Social conditions, Censorship, Terrorism in art, In art, War and civilization, Vehicle bombs, Visual literature, Specimens, Cultural property, Destruction and pillage, Artists' books, Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition
Places: Iraq, Baghdad, Switzerland, Geneva
People: Michèle Haenni (1969-)
Time periods: 21st century