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.
ODILE ON DISPLAY
Installation views from The Shape-Shifting Woman exhibition
METAMORPHIC PROCESS
Selected views documenting the transformation of Odile during the making of the work
Working Process
Process video showing the creation of the installation Odile – Between Fire and Memory.