Chemin creux, 2024
A series produced during a residency in Houlgate from December 2023 to March 2024 thanks to a grant from the Festival Les Femmes s’exposent, supported by the DRAC Normandie and the French Ministry of Culture.
Taking as my starting point the etymological translation of Houlgate as a ‘sunken lane’, I wanted to create an autofiction by taking a unique look at this seaside town in Normandy. Having grown up in this region, these landscapes remain a strong anchor for me.
The iconic architecture of Houlgate means that the place takes centre stage in the images. The winter setting, with its empty tourist spots, closed shutters and echoing silence, is also an opportunity to show the other side of the coin.
Houlgate reveals the ambiguity between reality and fiction, like a manufactured set. The ‘sunken path’ evokes the paradox of a wandering where the character is looking for her place: at once an alter ego blind to the knowledge of this place, but at the same time a little girl trying to find the traces of her past.
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