Atlas 1975

Editor: Marcel Broodthaers' "Atlas" presents these stark, silhouetted countries. There's something unsettling in this depopulated map. What emotional weight do you think these absent countries carry? Curator: Indeed. Consider how maps have historically served as tools of power, defining territories and shaping identities. Broodthaers seems to be stripping away the layers of meaning we project onto these shapes, inviting us to question their inherent significance. What remains when the color, the borders, and the names fade away? Editor: So, it's about deconstructing those symbols of national identity? Curator: Precisely. The silhouettes become almost like Rorschach blots, inviting our own interpretations and anxieties about nationhood and belonging. A potent symbol. Editor: That gives me a lot to consider. Thank you.