Julien Berthier - The Invisible Journey
Julien Berthier - The Invisible Journey
In 2021, invited by the French artist Thomas Mailaender for a residency at Tuba Club in the Calanques National Park in southern Marseille, Julien Berthier took an old boat and topped it with a calanque-inspired slab of rock sculpted in the same resin as the boat’s hull. Once placed in the water, the work became practically invisible and gave the installation its title. Continuing his reflections on landscape, Berthier’s book “The Invisible Journey” incorporates the rock-boat across a set of postcards, in the same manner: both visible and invisible. Low tech by choice, Berthier cut out images of the boat manually, then glue them directly to the postcards. The rock-boat thus embarks on a tour of various places and eras, accompanying the travel accounts of strangers.
16 x 32 cm
Hard cover
PVC jacket
112 pages
169 original post cards & collages
ISBN 978-2-492175-24-4
Published with the support of Fondation Antoine de Galbert
and Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois
Residency directed by Thomas Mailaender
with the collaboration of Tuba Club (Marseille)
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