Mapped Space: Walking, Travelling, Sculpting
Sculpture creates the issue of where?
Responding to it before it is asked.
—Michel Serres
Mark Lombardi’s Topographies of Power: The Work in the Map
How does one create a space without end, without borders, not even a physical extension? Some maps do not represent geographical territories, and yet they help one find one’s way, navigating a system, visualizing
The Imaginary Cartographic World in Contemporary Art 1
Art and cartography have been interwoven for a very long time, perhaps as far back as the very beginnings of cartography. Medieval T and O maps were often richly ornamented, as were the portolan charts
Cartography and Contemporary Art. “The Body of the Place.” 1
In the 5th century B.C., when Herodotus sought to understand the causes of the war between the Greeks and the Persians, he painted— with the help of words — a world in the shape of
Réal Patry : Private Properties
Réal Party, Propriétés privées
Chantier Art 3 Event
Ateliers Jean Brillant, Montréal
Spring 2012
Geolocation: You Are Here
While Apple’s geolocation software recently “lost” two users in the middle of the Australian desert and China announced that it will begin a satellite counteroffensive, proposing an alternative to the American GPS hegemony by
Depart, Remain; Nostalgia and Melancholy in the Work of Jean-Yves Vigneau
In this imaginary constellation, the hope for a better life, for a radical discovery of the self—since all voyages are a kind of personal conversion—are associated with the existence, somewhere, of a rare, special place, at which one must arrive […] To be modern is
Atlas of Movements: the Montreal Walks (interview with Christoph Fink)
In 2008, you were in Montreal to carry out a project titled The Montreal Walks. You previously had done similar projects, such as The Istanbul Walks and The Frankfurt Walks in which you produced
New Problematics of the Ephemeral
Given that almost all public art projects are developed with an eye to their materials having a long encounter, over time, with the environment, the idea of duration is an integral factor. Exterior works
Ingrid Bachmann. On Truth and Lies in the stricto sensu
Ingrid Bachmann, Pinocchio’s
Dilemma, 2007
May 11—June 11, 2012
Roland Poulin: Ultime dialogue
Roland Poulin, Ultime dialogue
Battat Contemporary, Montréal
November 01—December 22, 2012
