HARVEST 
(2025)

Publication project, Werk-Buch Canton Bern

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HARVEST is an experimental catalogue reflecting on three years of

curatorial collaboration at Espace libre, Biel/Bienne. Conceived as a

hybrid between archive and field guide, it gathers traces of projects,

practices, and encounters that shaped the space between 2021 and

2023. Nine thematic chapters weave together conversations between artist-curators Beth Dillon and Vera Trachsel, guest contributions, and programme documentation, in dialogue with “harvest” as gesture, yield, and relational process. The publication honours the fragile yet vital practices of independent exhibition-making, offering inspiration, tools, and reflections for those cultivating spaces where art, community, and care intersect.

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Publisher: Edition Haus am Gern, Biel/Bienne

Editor: Canton Bern WERKBUCH / OEUVRE D’ARTISTE 2024/25

Concept & editing: Beth Dillon & Vera Trachsel

Field notes & introduction: Beth Dillon & Vera Trachsel

Guest texts: Sadie Plant & Colin Raynal

Translations: Thomas Haller (French), Laura Paloma (German), Beth Dillon (English)

Corrections: Gregory Stauffer & Ewald Trachsel

Design & production: Superbüro, Barbara Ehrbar, Biel/Bienne

Edition: 300 copies

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Produced with the support of Canton Bern, Pro Helvetia & Stadt Biel

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