À contre-courant reverses gravity: the flow of gutters climbs the stone vault to reach the sky. À contre-courant is a reflection on the water cycle: the canal seems to escape into the sky while the rain discreetly flows down to continue filling it. À contre-courant is about the gutters that carry the water, the canals that transfer it one into the other, all the sewers that steal the blue gold and carry it to the bowels of the city. Against the current, trams rush in under the gutters, passers-by walk with their eyes raised, cyclists stop abruptly, all these flows enter and leave the tunnel, in one direction or the other.

My work creates a signpost along the route, reclaiming the space beneath the bridge. It invites walkers to dream, to speculate freely on the course of the water.