Jean Couteau
Jean Couteau is an art collective manifested as a fictional character. The name is a portmanteau of the ubiquitous pharmacy Jean Coutu, the poet-artist-filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and the underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau. Their projects contain elements of performance, music, installation, and social practice, while their exhibitions are structured on nodes of discomfort and dread. Jean Couteau’s origin story is one of working-class colonial role-play.
Jean Couteau is an art collective manifested as a fictional character. The name is a portmanteau of the ubiquitous pharmacy Jean Coutu, the poet-artist-filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and the underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau. Their projects contain elements of performance, music, installation, and social practice, while their exhibitions are structured on nodes of discomfort and dread. Jean Couteau’s origin story is one of working-class colonial role-play.