Fragments of a Mountain

2022.installation.outdoor.mapping.


At Puy-Saint-André, during the second part of my residency with Les Transhumances Artistiques, I chose to work with the map as a way to share glimpses into the story of this mountain.

Installed along a communal path, the map unfolds like a panorama — from the Durance riverbed to the ridgelines of Serre-Chevalier — illustrating the 1,000 meters of elevation that separate the lower and upper parts of the commune.

How can we connect the history of a village with the landscape through which it has unfolded over time? I turned to the map to tell a collection of local stories. It traces the vegetation zones, the footpaths, and the waterways that shape not only the geography, but also the rhythms of life across generations.

Place names resonate with anecdotes, customs, and practices — both ancestral and contemporary.

Documentary video directed by Jérémie Van Quynh and Manon Gary (featuring cross-interviews with the on site project by Violaine Barrois & Niccolò Moscatelli).