The Heavy Archives _ France - Nouvelle Laurentine / Hors les Murs

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The Heavy Archives _ France (Of unseen images and untold stories)

Since 1959, farmer, Joakim Stampe has been around in Burgundy and gathered together stones and walls that have witnessed, or themselves been part in a large or small stories. A wise man once said that : The stones are not dead, we humans are living merely for a short period for see their movement Like an archaeological excavation has Joakim Stampe uncovered different stories, mineral memories with the help of brushes and long talks with stones, walls and other human remains.

During 2010 Joakim Stampe worked his way through 7 different locations in Burgundy, in the year 2011, an additional eight sites will be added to The Heavy Archives _ France.

Sites in Bourgogne and Champagne :

Lacanche
Montbard
Avallon
Semur en Auxois
Martrois
Vielmoulin
Drée
Sombernon
Èpoisses
Aubepierre-sur-Aube
Langres
Bouhey
Chateau de Chevigny
VillÁrt
Avallon (retour)

Qui ?

Joakim Stampe

(Suède)
Né en 1959, vit et travaille à Göteborg (Suède).
Fils de deux peintres, Joakim Stampe a grandi dans un milieu artistique où l’art et la création artistique est une partie naturelle de la vie. À l’âge de 13 ans, il a publié un livre illustré pour enfants "Les adultes pensent que nous, les enfants (...)