Walk Between Two Museums: Françoise Sullivan
from Photography and Walking Hosted by Philippe Guillaume. Produced by Productions 3655 Inc.
In 1970, Montreal artist Françoise Sullivan left one museum and walked to another — turning that simple gesture into a work of art. Her route, from the Musée d’art contemporain on Cité du Havre to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on Sherbrooke Street, traced more than just distance: it crossed institutions, histories, and power structures. This episode of Photography and Walking explores how Sullivan’s quiet act of movement redefined both walking and photography — not as documentation, but as lived, embodied resistance. Through the lens of psychogeography, feminism, and conceptual art, we follow her walk as a radical way of seeing and being seen. En 1970, l’artiste montréalaise Françoise Sullivan quitte un musée pour en rejoindre un autre — transformant ce simple geste en œuvre d’art. Son trajet, du Musée d’art contemporain situé à la Cité du Havre jusqu’au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal sur la rue Sherbrooke, traverse bien plus qu’une distance : il relie des institutions, des histoires et des rapports de pouvoir. Cet épisode de Photography and Walking explore comment cet acte discret de marche a redéfini à la fois la marche et la photographie — non pas comme une documentation, mais comme une résistance vécue et incarnée. À travers les prismes de la psychogéographie, du féminisme et de l’art conceptuel, nous suivons sa marche comme une manière radicale de voir et d’être vue. Related images and references: photographyandwalking.com — Music: “Beat ’em with Rhythm” by Victor Natas, edited for this podcast (CC BY 4.0, Freesound.org). Produced by Productions 3655 Inc.
Embed this episode
What this episode covers
In 1970, Montreal artist Françoise Sullivan left one museum and walked to another — turning that simple gesture into a work of art. Her route, from the Musée d’art contemporain on Cité du Havre to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on Sherbrooke Street, traced more than just distance: it crossed institutions, histories, and power structures. This episode of Photography and Walking explores how Sullivan’s quiet act of movement redefined both walking and photography — not as documentation, but as...
No transcript yet.