Julie Picard – Artist

Faire une carte de France
(Make a Map of France)
2023

Paper map of France, water-soluble adhesive.

Residency project at La Napoule Art Foundation, France

55 cm in diameter X 0.1 cm.

I cut up a map of France into thin strips and immersed them in a solution of water and glue. As they dried, I reconstructed a flat map whose meanders are illegible and on which we get lost. The expression Make a Map France is an old locution referring to the stain left on the sheets after a wet dream.


Photos: Nicholas Aiden


Faire une carte de France was presented :

2023_La Napoule Art Foundation, France

The artist would like to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du QuébecFondation David R. Graham and La Napoule Art Foundation.