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Born in 1999 in Belfort, I grew up in Haute-Sa\u00f4ne, a place that has become the source of my work and the ground for my research.<\/p>\n

I first graduated with a DMA in Illustration from \u00c9cole Estienne in Paris, then completed a Bachelor\u2019s and a Master\u2019s degree at the Beaux-Arts in Marseille.<\/p>\n

To feel that one belongs to a territory, is it enough to have been born there? To have grown up or lived there? My practice questions this sense of belonging, particularly as a woman navigating rural spaces. I focus on the relationships women build with one another within these environments. Without overlooking certain realities, my work carries a desire to enchant the rural world, but also to express the pride of having grown up there. A sense of belonging also means assimilating and reclaiming the narratives that shape the place one comes from\u2014local, familial, and personal stories.<\/p>\n

Folk tales and popular fiction shape our collective imagination. My practice seeks to repair them through these rural memories, influenced by the concept of \u201crepairing fiction\u201d developed by Emilie Not\u00e9ris.<\/p>\n

Drawing on testimonies from women living in or having grown up in Franche-Comt\u00e9, as well as legends collected around female figures from the region, I create installations and videos infused with the distorting mirror of a graphic and colorful imaginary. I employ various formal languages to unfold these narratives: sewing, textile printing, set construction, scriptwriting, drawing, wallpaper, sculptural forms\u2026<\/p>\n

From these read or transcribed stories, I build a repertoire of objects that I select to create staged environments: dolls evoking human presence; animals or vehicles made of fabric; logs of wood; cakes; insects and goose feet in papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9; weapons made from branches or magic wands\u2026 These objects are handled as if playing with dolls.<\/p>\n

With each exhibition, they are arranged differently, forming new relationships and offering new interpretations. At times, they become sets or costumes for film projects. Activated by performers, they shift function: it is truly about playing with them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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