Liquid maps / Liquid stories

A series of scarfs were produced on the occasion of a journey by Atelier cartographique with Buratinas [1], to the "Agir pour l'eau et les fleuves" festival organised in June 2025 at the Delta in Namur [2]. This exploration was made possible thanks to the complicity of nadine vzw[3] and the Buratinas Captains[4], a warm thank you to them! The series is made of 50 silk-screened copies, dividing the route from Brussels to Namur by water into three separate maps. The series is issued for Buratinas Captains and people with a special connection to the local waterways. The monochrome print of the map leaves space for more personal narratives, embroidered, drawn or heat-pressed along the way.

[1] Buratinas is a solar-powered boat. It is an artistic project developed by nadine vzw that explores contemporary issues such as sustainable energy, slow mobility, ecology, public space and water in the city.
[2] This itinerant cartographic project came about after the invitation of the philosopher Antoine Devillet and the ethnologist and publisher Marin Schaffner (Hydromondes collective), curators of "Agir pour l'eau et les fleuves", a festival taking place at the Espace Culturel Provincial du Delta in Namur from 12 to 15 June 2025.
[3] For several years now, a collective of captains supported by nadine vzw use the Buratinas boat as an art-residency platform. Audio-visual productions issued from the artistic life on board will be shared during the festival. On this occasion, Atelier cartographique joins the journey to collect and give shape to new stories.
[4] Buratinas Captains is an organic collective of artists/captains using Buratinas to lead artistic research expeditions on Belgium's waterways.