Odile:
Between Fire and Memory
In Odile, the body undergoes a process that alters its surface and destabilizes its integrity. Marked by fire and erosion, it ceases to function as a neutral support and becomes a field of tension.
The burnt surface does not conceal the figure; it reveals it differently — as a presence both vulnerable and resistant. What emerges is not destruction, but reconfiguration: a body that persists through transformation.
More than an object, Odile inhabits a threshold — an unstable space where identity is no longer fixed, but continually negotiated through matter, action, and exposure.
Between fire and memory, what remains is not form. It is the core.
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Working Process
Process video showing the creation of the installation Odile – Between Fire and Memory.