To work with sources, with submerged deposits, with the surprises which are often revealed by a work of art: this could be the purpose of the blog of an art center like the Centre international d’art et du paysage de l'île de Vassivière. To give a voice, to suddenly give a space to works, be they texts, conversations, lectures, videos, art objects, paintings, installations, or even films… works which have disappeared from the archives of the artists who have worked with the Center, and which now reappear despite themselves. To recover the voice of texts and essays, traces which, from the past, signal to us with the same energy as from the future. The theme of a return, the theme of abandon, the theme of contradiction, the theme of destiny. A blog of artworks – not persons – which, in spite of its authors, silently elaborates a more profound relation with time.
In homage to the plurality of cultures and traditions, the le Centre international d’art et du paysage has chosen to present all of the texts in their original versions.

Federico Nicolao