WORLDS INSIDE

The Gare du Nord is a major transit hub used by hundreds of thousands of people each day, connecting Paris to its northern suburbs and much of northern Europe. Complicated, chaotic, and constantly in motion, the station is in many ways emblematic of France more broadly. Over several months, I observed and documented the minutiae of the station and the patterns and behaviours of those who move through it. The resulting six large map-drawing hybrids combine chaos and boredom, surveillance and subversion, and open a conversation about the challenges of France’s ongoing negotiations around nationalism, identity politics, and race relations.