Pauline Julier : and so on, a single universe

First major book on French-Swiss artist and filmmaker Pauline Julier, featuring works from the past ten years. Accompanies an exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, Switzerland (until October 27, 2024). Text in English and German.

A collection of Pauline Julier’s art that expands from the terrestrial to the cosmos to comment on our place in the universe.

At the interface of documentary and fiction, the multimedia works collected in Pauline Julier take us on a dizzying journey through space and time. Julier’s art travels through the geological ages of planet Earth, through different histories, natural disasters, and the Anthropocene’s paradigm shifts and into outer space. Her background in political science and photography is reflected in her work: looking into the past and the future, she investigates topical questions about our unlimited use of natural resources, escapism, and the colonization of space.

Conceived and designed as a work of art in its own right, this volume offers a comprehensive insight into Julier’s art and thought through a conversation with eminent scholar of science and technology studies Donna Haraway alongside contributions by curator Céline Eidenbenz, anthropologist, and writer Nastassja Martin, and art historian, curator, and author Chus Martínez.