About stranding Stranding brings together ideas and work around archives, hospitality and feminism. This project began in 2003 as an online workspace by Valerie Swain, https://web.archive.org/web/20110207180633/http://www.centre-nautique.org/
Valerie Swain is a Canadian artist. She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a major in New Media from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, in 2002. In 2004, following two years of studies at Hogeschool Sint Lukas in Brussels, Belgium, Valerie received the Transmedia Postgraduate diploma with jury mention. In 2005 she co-founded the online production and diffusion platform centre nautique with her partner Arnaud Dejeammes. Valerie currently lives in France.
