Like the series Les veines de la pierre, to which this work belongs, Les yeux de ma mère captures and gives shape to the fleeting and unstable nature of transmission through a play of imprints.
Made up of thirty plaster prints, this installation reveals a fragmented portrait of my mother.
Thanks to the PVA glue used for the image transfer, the ink seeps into the plaster, blends with the surface, just like a mother’s values, gestures and beliefs soak into us — invisible, yet lasting.
Plaster, as a substitute for the body, holds the marks of a passing existence and expresses a sense of absence. Only the trace of the photograph remains.
The work shows a paradox of memory: we only preserve memories through their transformation. It is through this process of fading, shaped by time, that reconstruction becomes possible — where fragments of the past come together to form a new sense of identity.
Les yeux de ma mère (2024)
impressions par contact sur plaques de plâtre. 30 fragments de 15 x 25cm / 90 x 125cm
Installation views from:
Galerie Impulse, dans le cadre de la cinquième édition du Festival Impulse, Arles, 2025