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I'm mainly interested in psychic imbalances coming from social dynamics. On one hand, my writing revolves around poetry, transcendence and synesthesia. And on the other hand, it’s shaped within the research of documentary fieldworks.
I am currently working on a feature documentary named A la Conquête de l’Extase (Conquest of Grace), with Alma productions. It focuses on the concept of safe space among French parties nowadays.
In 2022, I directed the dance docu-fiction Meilleurs Ailleurs (Better Elsewhere.s). It was awarded of the Honorable Mention by the New Renaissance Film Festival, in the International Shorts category.
My directing journey began during my fine arts studies. I started with experimental videos, like the short dance film Stream of consciousness (2014). Then, while I was at the Beaux-Arts, I explored subversive aesthetics of commercials, as in the short Shall I add an ad ? (2015).
After being expelled from the Beaux-Arts, it took me a while to feel legitimate as a directress again. During this period of self-doubt, since I had always been an image-crafter, I learned to be a cinematographer. As a result, my writing evolved towards a deeper connexion with physical sensations, leaving words aside for a little while.
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I worked as a cinematographer for 3 years after graduating from the E.S.R.A. in the Image section. These missions involved fictions, documentaries and music videos in France and Luxembourg. Being devoted to other directors as an image technician was a thrilling everyday challenge. If it wasn’t for my leg, I might have kept going along this exciting road. Medical issues forced me to leave the camera responsibility for some time.
But this setback, as painful as it was in the beginning, actually created the opportunity I needed to definitely dive back into directing. This is how I started to write my first feature documentary, Conquest of Grace.
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I've been developing a documentary and contemplative photographic work since 2014.
In my photographies, I often observe the interactions between people and spaces. How we shape space. And how specific spaces can shape us.
In 2014, I created my first series, Porous shivers. I was driven by a reflection on the human imprint on matter.
In the same vein, I focused on the notion of natural space in the « Leave no trace » series (2016 - 2021). In it, I explored the world of a van-lifer over several months.
Then, I created two series dealing with the observation of the female body : Under the hips (2018), which depicts a swimming pool with an equivocal layout, and Waiting for Orphée (2020), which attempts to sublimate a “transgressive” pregnancy.
In 2021, I moved to Luxembourg. As I was witnessing the destruction of a former Nazi camp by a promoter, I created the series Soon virgin (2020). It is part of a wider series that I developed over six years, which is about memory in urban planning : Deconstruct to reconstruct ? (2016 - 2022).
In 2022, I dived into the alternative French party scene for my movie Conquest of Grace. It lead me to create the photographic series Safe (2022 - 2024). In it, I crystallize the vigilance and letting go that intertwine at parties. These stills tend to question our relationship with intimacy in public spaces.
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Graphic works are like my Prehistory : primitive instinct, raw spirit, simple means, images without words, experiments, spontaneity, mysteries.