Larissa Fassler's Urban Cartographies Surveyed Across Three Venues

Larissa Fassler (b. 1975, Canada) is the subject of a multi-venue survey titled "Larissa Fassler. Enquêtes urbaines." The project spans three institutions: Galerie Jérôme Poggi in Paris (winter 2021), La Galerie, centre d’art contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec (through July 10, 2021), and the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire (through fall 2021). Fassler's practice involves on-site investigations of urban public spaces—such as Regent Street (London, 2009), Alexanderplatz (Berlin, 2006), Kottbusser Tor (Berlin, 2008–14), Les Halles and Place de la Concorde (Paris, 2011)—resulting in large graphic compositions, models, and sculptures. She records sensory details (odors, colors, conversations, clothing, gestures) and transcribes them onto canvas, exploring how places affect individuals and are shaped by users. Her cartographic works address specific questions: real estate evolution in Kreuzberg (Moritzplatz, 2017), national identity at Columbus Circle, New York (2017–20), and crowd management at Gare du Nord, Paris (2019–20). Fassler uses her own body for measurement, embracing subjectivity to transform non-lieux (Marc Augé) into inhabited territories. The survey is accompanied by a text by Laure Jaumouillé, referencing Bruno Latour, John Dewey, and Christophe Bonneuil.