Creator
La Dactylo
Rights Holder
https://www.instagram.com/ladactylo/?hl=fr
Title
The chasm that separates us
Coverage
Rouen
Spatial Coverage
Normandy
Temporal Coverage
France
Date
2020-10-10
Format
stencil
Extent
2
Subject
word play; social distancing
Description
A stencil reading: "Je ne pense covid qui nos sépare." This may be translated as "I don’t think it is Covid that separates us," but the sentence is not grammatically correct in French, allowing for a play on words. After “pense” there should be a “que”; when read out loud sounds like “co.," which appears here in the word "Covid." Also the “vid” of "Covid" sounds like “vide” which means emptiness or a chasm. When read out lout, this sounds like “je ne pense qu’au vide qui nous sépare” or "I think only of the chasm that separates us." In this way, social distancing is referred to as a chasm.
Relation
Translation provided by Stephanie Lohse
Publisher
Urban Art Mapping
Rights
Artist La Dactylo ; Photographer Delphine JACONO
Language
French
Type
Still Image
Identifier
UAM-C19_0548