Belleville, Paris
Hélène Fauquet
Mille Plateaux
Édouard Montassut“With the Snail, there is no conflict between collaborators, no mutual penetration between similar and neighboring buildings. Alone, well isolated, very peacefully and without a thought, it accomplishes its transcendent spiral with mucous matter laden with limestone.” —Fabre, J.H. (1903). Entomological Memories. 8th Series, Chapter 18.




