On the impossibility of forgetting the sea

Opening on Friday 17 October 2025 at 6.30pm in the presence of the artist.

Anamnèse jurassienne", the first part of this exhibition, gives Maison de l'Architecture the opportunity to take a look at our territory and the environment. In search of water, the photographer travels the Jura massif and shows its traces: those that are still present and visible today, as well as those of a vanished water that sculpted the landscape.

In Elisa Murcia-Artengo's photographic projects, there are constant themes of origin, memory and identity, exile and frontiers, like 'pendular' movements.
-Staying - Leaving -
-Put down roots-Transit-

The exhibition continues with the second part, "Anhydre", a few steps further on, at the Galerie d'Art contemporain Les 2 Portes, 11 rue de Pontarlier. Opening on 17 October 2025.

Meeting "Le Doubs dans l'art" with Walter Tschopp, former curator of the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Neuchatel, on Thursday 6 November 2025 at 6.30pm at the Maison de l'Architecture.

Elisa Murcia-Artengo (Alicante, 1985).
Lives and works between Switzerland, France and Spain.
A Spanish national, she took several courses in contemporary artistic creation (specialising in photography) at the Beaux-Arts in Barcelona. She began her professional career there in 2006 as an artist photographer and photographic conservation technician, activities she still pursues today. She then lived in Besançon for two years until November 2012, before moving to Geneva. In 2019, she will be moving permanently to Lausanne, while maintaining a strong link with Besançon, where she has based her artistic studio.
Alongside her artistic work, she takes on various commissions for cultural events, architectural photography and portraits.
She also carries out photographic conservation assignments for Swiss public institutions, including Photo Elysée, the Musée historique de Lausanne, the Bibliothèque de Genève (BGU) and the BCU in Lausanne and Fribourg.

In 2014 she founded 'Éditions Trompeloeil' to publish her work in the form of micro-edited artist's books. She has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions, carried out a number of artistic and educational residencies, and has been published in various magazines.
Elisa Murcia Artengo's work, both photographic series and books, can be found in the collections of public and private institutions.