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 that appeared in the 13th century;2 indeed Renaissance artists often
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 a skull. Such an anthropomorphic representation immediately takes us to
Réal Party, Propriétés privées Chantier Art 3 Event Ateliers Jean Brillant, Montréal Spring 2012
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 2020, our everyday relationship to cartography is rapidly deteriorating and the
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 [
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 a map, at your rhythm, of the territory you travelled across.
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 in particular must be thought of in terms of their preservation,
Ingrid Bachmann, Pinocchio's Dilemma, 2007 May 11—June 11, 2012
Roland Poulin, Ultime dialogue Battat Contemporary, Montréal November 01—December 22, 2012
Penelope Stewart: Apian Screen Musée d'art de Joliette June 3—December 30, 2012
Lyla Rye: Cyclorama Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario September 9—October 14, 2012
José Luis Torres: Autoconstrucciones, 2012 Thames Art Gallery and the McIntosh Gallery Curatorial Study Centre, 29 p. www.chatham-kent.ca/tag ; http://mcintoshgallery.ca The catalogue recalls the exhibition presented at the Thames Art Gallery (Chatham, Ontario), from March 30 to May 6, 2012. The author Lorenzo Buj writes: “Since