A hidden X, embroidered on a map, printed on a napkin, marks the start and finish of the journey. Between these two selfsame points exist views and spaces that appear incongruous, but that trace the artist’s mental progression. To understand the meaning of the pieces displayed en route, we must employ steganography[1], to draw out what hides in the visible image. From the diaphanous room dividers made of nylon filament, to a variety of standalone pieces, the exhibition projects the artist’s weblike process, spinning together maps, texts, drawings, diagrams, photos and other objects, both casual and deliberate. Linking the unexpected elements of this collection is a structure – alternatively skeletal and fleshy, woody and leafy – that is always ornamental and graphic.

The “Gersterian city” and, by abstraction, the “Gersterian labyrinth,” comprise both objects and words, reflecting the artist’s fundamental expressions: shaping quality materials; savouring words on a page. Her pieces reproduce in three dimensions her exploration of the “labyrinth” by which she interprets her “city.”

 

Original text: Laura Györik Costas

Curator at Centre d’art contemporain of Geneva

and Freelance Curator

Translation from French to English: Kris Terauds

 

 

[1] Steganography: The art and science of writing hiddenmessages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and the intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message.