toute la nuit dans les veines

all night in my veins - from a poem by Paul Eluard in L'amour la Poésie

ongoing serie since 2022, cyanotype prints on glass. i used pieces of broken glass found in the street and charity shops, and weeds and all kind of trash from my daily life.
Presenting those with self-portraits is my way of adressing my body and what i lived through, my pain and my resilience.

i used to describe this work as a desperate attempt of saying what i can't say otherwise. Because pain always feels inexpressible, words can't tell everything, and i can't predict other people empathy.
in may 2024, i was diagnosed with breast cancer, and all of a sudden i had to estimate my pain on a scale from 1 to 10, quit being silent to be able to express my emotions and ask for help. toute la nuit dans les veines also tell the story of care and healing. The love i received and the love i'm learning to give myself. This work has supported me for many years, and it will go on for a long while.