
Le soleil passe à l'embranchement
- Publisher
- Mörel Books
- Year
- 2024
- Specifications
- Softcover
17 x 24 cm
44 pages
200 copies
Series: MÖREL X MEP Studio #7
Published in conjunction with exhibition at Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris
Le soleil passe à l'embranchement is a series of which the artist delves into the story of her great-aunt Hélène, a former activist in the MLF, the women's liberation movement in France. Hélène has lived on her ancestral farm for 40 years, cultivating the land and maintaining the surrounding forest. At the age of 77, she still cuts down the trees herself when they die. The water resources are drying up and she will probably be the last person to work the land. Between documentary and fiction, the artist tells the story of Hélène's life, combining photographs, recordings, fragments of text from Hélène's diaries, and archives found in her attic.