Geographer-urban planner and historian, Isabelle Favre explores the landscape as a point of intersection between aesthetics, utility, and politics. Her work focuses on how spaces affect us and how we make sense of them, both through sensitive perception and reflective thought.

Favre’s approach questions the relationship between beauty and utility, the role of the artist as a “weaver” of territory, and the impact of place on collective perception. Her work is rooted in landscape history, especially agricultural and indigenous forms, while also exploring urbanism and daily life.

At La Traverse, Isabelle Favre merges her research and artistic creation. The residency becomes an opportunity for deep immersion, a space of reflection and creation that crosses disciplinary boundaries. Her project revolves around the idea of “landscape-making,” a process shaped by interactions among natural, urban, and social elements, as well as dialogue between artists and local communities.

By exploring the links between art and geography, she seeks to turn her research into a space for creative and collaborative exchange. Observations made during the residency will serve as the foundation for artistic proposals where the past, present, and future of a place converge. Art becomes a vehicle for openness, sharing, and transformation—both of physical and symbolic spaces.