France Languérand is an artist who lives and works in Paris, France with a focus on the multiple and series in order to re-establish and critique the notion of authenticity. Languérand consistently creates a series that is too vast for exhibition display, defying the four-wall gallery aesthetic. In 2006 the artist displayed a collection of poems consisting of randomly chosen words, showing contemporary culture as a vast repository of data. Languérand has continued to break down the mass of culture into visual-based systems that carry only a moment of experience. Languérand’s focus is not the documentation of the art object but, instead, the documentation of an artistic activity.

In 2005 the artist launched two different movies titled À rebours: Metropolis 58087297135 pixels and À rebours: Metropolis161458 images. Based on Fritz Lang’s famous film, Metropolis (1927), the artist presents two different digital projections of gray-scale that oscillate at medium speed between white and black. Since then the artist has created a series titled 12777216 colors (2007-2010) that consists of too many photographs to either print or exhibit. Yet this particular piece presents a definite combination of colors.

Poèmes (2006 – today) explores synthesis and integration in the same way, except the artist’s random combination of words goes on forever, superseding other works done in a stream of consciousness framework, like the prose of William Burroughs or the poetry of John Ashbery. Languérand is in the process of finishing the series titled Poèmes 2011 and she is still collecting words for Poèmes 2012.

In 2010 France Languérand participated in the Mongin Art Center Residency located in Seoul, Korea. In 2008 the artist presented Abacism at the HSF Residency Program in New York City. Her work has also appeared in a diverse group of cities around the world such as Seoul, Shanghai, Hanover, Basel, Dijon and throughout Canada.