Exhibition “Looking for the Edge”

Exhibition marking the end of the residency, October 12–December 15, 2017, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Opening reception on Thursday, October 12, 2017, at 12:30 p.m.
Science Library, Triolet Campus
Since joining UM in September 2016, visual artist Armelle Caron has explored the theme of “graphics” through meetings and exchanges with UM students and staff, particularly at the Faculty of Sciences.
Looking for the edge presents the various artistic approaches chosen by the artist to explore this theme in light of the UM’s academic and research disciplines. More broadly, she has poetically and simply repurposed existing materials within the university, such as diagrams and drawings used in classes, campus maps… These works are also marked by a spirit of inquiry: what constitutes art? What are the points of connection between the approaches of artists and those of scientists?
Armelle Caron offers us “an inventory of what constitutes drawing without, at first glance, being a visual inquiry”: “technical drawings (…) but also maps, diagrams, and charts.” Exploring the boundaries of these categories provides some answers and raises just as many questions…
Watch the interview with Armelle Caron
Read the article about the artist
Artist's website