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Wood engraving
56 x 76 cm
2008

Given the success of Manhole Madness, Folie/Culture invited the artists to develop their projects by making a pictorial conception for use in the production of a print from the matrices of the original plate.

Amélie Laurence Fortin’s Manhole Cover

Amélie Laurence Fortin’s project for Manhole Madness is the passage of time in the city, depicted by an elephant, an antagonistic symbol of our urbanity.  The city is ugly; its basic structure is functional. The artist believes it is necessary to occupy an aesthetic and anonymous space over a long period and to dedicate it to the environment and its inhabitants, who are just as anonymous.  She also estimates that there is something  primitive  in the idea of leaving a mark on one’s environment., something that is similar to the Lascaux  caves or even a tattoo: a social semantic and at the same time a permanent identification of our imagination.

In the last two years, Amélie Laurence Fortin’s work has been installational for the most part, although she has a real interest in drawing and painting. This is why she mixes the sculptural and pictorial in her installations. She completed a creative residency in Bordeaux and Toulouse through her associations with Zebra 3 and Alaplage in 2006. Recently, she presented an exhibition entitled Entrposage domestique  at l’Œil de Poisson and Entraînement en salle at the  Galerie Louis Garneau in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures.

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