Special Editions by Luca Marchetti – Vincent Chaperon and Saâdane Afif

For the second installment of Special Editions, Luca Marchetti welcomes Vincent Chaperon, cellar master of Dom Pérignon, and visual artist Saâdane Afif. Among the many common points between the creation of great champagnes and artistic creation, the need to communicate the ineffable plays a crucial role. In this regard, our guests will discuss their relationship with the object. Vincent Chaperon has chosen to publish a very special box set each year to tell the story of the genesis of the pre-blending of each Dom Pérignon vintage. Saâdane Afif brings his poetics to life by favoring installations of artifacts of various sizes and materials. Both wink at Marcel Duchamp’s sensitivity to the object, between irony and transcendence.

Special Editions is a series of events dedicated to objects and books. At the intersection of design and publishing, Special Editions questions the status of works and objects that occupy a special place in the lives of creatives, authors.

Is there a story behind the object? What is the personal narrative, the emotion, the feeling behind the words, the lines, the forms? What does the book say about its author? What does the object say about the person who created it? And what, in turn, do the creator say about their object and the author about their book? What else do they say about those who collect them, appreciate them?

To find out, Luca Marchetti proposes through Special Editions a series of meetings for those who love slow time and intimate correspondences. The object is at the service of meaning in a conversation of another kind, at once escape, experience, entertainment and communion.