Exhibition “Orange Wounds”
10 – 16 May 2023
National Library of Vietnam
31 Tràng Thi, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội
From the organizer:
Artist: Elodie Ledure
“Orange wounds” – is the metaphor for peeling off the fruit’s skin to reach its pulp. This kind of wound is relegated to be of second-class status, futile, and non-incidental. “Orange wounds” evokes fragility by interrogating women.
The woman and the child converse inside a mirror. A mirror magnifies, distorts, just like our hazy memories. Early in life, identity is constructed and deconstructed. Am I not that child yet? Or is the child looking at me…? as I hunched my shoulders in front of the mirror. Images cling to the skin beneath our eyes… The relationship to the body is tangible. The flesh is exposed in all its vulnerability. The hair is questioned. Yet, no words are uttered; instead, the talk is only a suggestion.
The invitation is timid, and the obstacles are all around. I wish not to be intrusive. “Orange wounds”, an unforgivable episode, an immutable stain.
Besides the exhibition, a discussion on the exhibition “Orange wounds” will also be held at 09 am – 10 am and 02 pm – 04:30 pm on May 11 and 09 am – 11 am on May 12.
The exhibition “Orange wounds” is an event in the framework of Photo Hanoi’23 – International Photography Biennale
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