Witches spread like Fire

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« En pleine quatrième vague féministe, le thème des violences de genre s’est imposé à moi. Nous avons toutes vécu, à des degrés différents et plus ou moins directement, des violences que l’on a souvent cru faire uniquement partie de nos histoires individuelles. Or ces violences sont systémiques. »
"In the midst of the fourth feminist wave, the theme of gender violence came to the fore. We've all experienced, to varying degrees and more or less directly, violence that we often thought was just part of our individual histories. But this violence is systemic."
2019
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Excised
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Photography:
©Vivien Bertin
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Beaten
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Murdered
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Acid burned
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« Battues, violées, brûlées, mutilées, colonisées, tuées; pour parler de ses violences de genre, on emploie un vocabulaire de guerre. Car ce sont des pratiques de guerre. »
"Beaten, raped, burned, mutilated, colonized, killed: to speak of gender-based violence, we use the vocabulary of war. Because these are practices of war."
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« Nos corps et nos histoires sont politiques et, à la faveur de la vague féministe qui enfle depuis 2016, notre parole enfin se libère. Cette série de masques est dédiée aux femmes qui ont le courage de briser le silence, de demander justice pour elles et pour celles qui viendront après, et à celles et ceux qui les soutiennent. »

« Our bodies and our stories are political and, thanks to the feminist wave that has been swelling since 2016, our word is finally being set free. This series of masks is dedicated to the women who have the courage to break the silence, to demand justice for themselves and for those who will come after, and to those who support them. »

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Caged
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Raped
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You cannot burn us we were made from Fire
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« Se vouloir libre, c’est aussi vouloir les autres libres. » Simone de Beauvoir, 1947



“ To want oneself free is also to want others to be free. ” Simone de Beauvoir, 1947



  • Excised

    Leather, fabric, acrylic paint, glitter, pins, 2019
  • Excised

    Leather, fabric, acrylic paint, glitter, pins, 2019
  • Raped

    Metal, nails, doll arms, 23 carats white gold, acrylic paint, 2019
  • Acid burned

    Bells, springs, studs, red copper, 22 carats Moon gold, 23 carats white gold, acrylic paint, fabric, pins, 2019
  • Beaten

    Leather, palladium, 22 carats Moon gold, 23 carats white gold, acrylic paint, fabric, pins, 2019
  • Caged

    Red copper, glitter, sequins, acrylic paint, pins, 2019
  • You cannot burn us we were made from Fire

    Red copper, 22 carats Moon gold, 23 carats white gold, acrylic paint, mixed media, 2019
  • Murdered

    Metal, fabric, acrylic paint, pins, 2019