Michel Couturier

Michel Couturier (1957 – 2024) used photography, video and drawing in relation to sculpture, architecture and public space. He represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale in 1986. Since 2001, his work has questioned constructed and sometimes wounded or alienating space, but also the persistence of the landscape. He often did this in connection with Greco-Roman mythology and its survival in the contemporary landscape. In this respect, we can mention, among others, Un Euro at the Bureau des Compétences et des Désirs in Marseille, Battre la Ville at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tourcoing (2005), Corps de ville in Brussels (2008), Ennemis publics in Liège (2010), Coding/Decoding the Borders in Brussels (2016), Ciudad Natural in Buenos Aires (2019), Est-ce là le centre ? at La Comète Liège (2021), Atlas Chimérique in Paris (2023), etc.

His latest work has focused on port areas and their structures and systems for controlling the flow of people and goods, mainly in Italy. These investigations have mainly taken the form of videos and drawings. He has collaborated with various curators such as Laurent Jacob, Nancy Casielles, Rosa Anna Musumeci, Tania Nasielski and Anna Guillot.

His videos include the Bonfire series in Brussels, Berlin, Sofia, Venice, Valencia, Kortrijk and Geneva between 2006 and 2014 and his participation in No Border, no Distance, no Limit at the Euregio Film Forum in Maastricht in 2023.

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