Description
Photomontages from the series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home, New Series.
Ephemeral collages on 4×3 meters advertising billboards, located all around Besançon : Avenue de l’Observatoire, Boulevard Kennedy, Boulevard Léon Blum, Boulevard Winston Churchill, rue de Dole, rue de Lyon, rue de Vesoul and rue Jacquart.
Action
Bien Urbain 6
2 months : From 3rd june to 30th july 2016
Associate artist : Escif
15 guest artists : Escif (ES), Cyop & Kaf (IT), Daniel Munoz / San (ES), Harmen De Hoop (NL), Henrik Franklin (SWE), Fermin Jimenez Landa (ES), Lolo (ES) y Sosaku (JP), Maider Lopez (ES), Myr Muratet (FR), Timofey Radya (RU), Clément Richem (FR), Wasted Rita (PT), Olivier Toulemonde (FR), Sam3 (ES), Martha Rosler (US)
Biography
The American artist Martha Rosler works across media, often focusing on the public sphere and landscapes of the everyday, especially as they affect women. Rosler has for many years produced photomontages relating to war and the “national security climate,” connecting daily life at home with the conduct of war abroad.
Photo credits
Élisa Murcia-Artengo