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Pharmacy Box

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A Marseille soap pharmacy box contains a caterpillar made in sugar. This receptacle promises the possibility of a cure.

Sent With Love

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In October 2020, the artistic duo Farès Hadj-Sadok and Victoire Gonzalvez begins with the project “Sent with Love”. Love letters were exchanged by the Post office containing artworks.

Coded-Object

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I collected images of objects without any packaging and indication of their function from factories and bazaars.

Sintafoam Diary

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Sintafoam Diary is a solo exhibition nourished by encounters of different trades who have in common the production of simulacra. “Sintafoam” refers to a resin prized in the toy industry for its ability to imitate other materials. The installation is an outcome of my visit in a special effect company, interviews with a food stylist Sintafoam Diary

Dame Tartine

Dame Tartine is a sculpture made entirely in butter, a formless material with variable consistency. It is named after a palace in Mirapolis theme park constructed in Courdimanche in 1987, a sculpture that reflects the materiality of butter.

Reliquary

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A reliquary was designed for an orthopedic shoe sole. This object is produced in mass, but it has nevertheless become charged with a new presence. It is a prosthesis, an extension of the body, which therefore meets the definition of a relic.

Joan Glory Peel

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Joan Glory Peel (2018-2020) is a design fiction project of a synthetic silicone hymens line which comes in four versions: “Imperforate“ “Media Luna“ “Once Upon“ and “Natural Beauty “. Each object is inspired by a current open trade codes: an outcome of an investigation inside a “newfound virginity” market.

Zombie Flesh Eater’s Making Of

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A special effects team wants to know what material gelatin, wax, butter etc. will be the more like to represent a punctured eye. The film shows the deconstruction of a special effect, each of the four performers has a precise role in the chain action: the Drill punches the eye, the Prosthesis Holder places the Zombie Flesh Eater’s Making Of

Support

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“Support” is a series of three artworks that begins in 2016. These projects have in common the exploration of a manufactured techniques (engraving, slicing, transferring) on a smooth surface modified by the gesture.