Heroic Women, Modern Mythology Exhibition
Musée de l’Homme and Second Life
After a Carte Blanche in the windows of the Palais Royal, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication honored me with an invitation to participate in the collective exhibition Heroic Women, Modern Mythology. This exhibition, presented in parallel at the Musée de l’Homme in Paris and in the immersive 3D virtual space of Second Life, explores the intersection of art, fashion, and technology.
I teamed up with kinetic sculptor Didier Legros to design a transparent monolithic featuring motorized metal paths that allow translucent marbles to move and bounce in defiance of gravity, inviting the audience to be fascinated by the continuous evolution of women's empowerment through time.
With Marc Gassier, we created a 3d lace dress made of 150 hand-sculpted ants, representing women as a powerful, interconnected megacolony—independent and capable of nurturing life.
In partnership with Olivier Goulet, we enveloped Trilogy’s body in a synthetic skin that bears the intricate scars of women’s unwavering resilience. The fingertips extend to a network of brains, embodying the profound intelligence and boundless creativity inherent in women’s hands.
Crowning the sculpture is an elongated skull head, crafted from 45 layers of green-tinted stratified glass in collaboration with Thomasine Gieseke. The layered structure reveals the intricate brain within, symbolizing women’s clairvoyance and instinct.
Lastly, with Isabelle Tournaud, we wove Trilogy's feet with multicolored telecommunication cables, grounding her in a future intertwined with AI technology.