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Video by Marcy Petit
"The Interview"
"The Interview"
Marcy Petit (France, 1990)
Marcy Petit was born in Le Mans, France. She gained a Master of Arts degree in Management of Contemporary Art at Leeds and Paris 8 universities after completing a Bachelor and a Master of Arts at Rennes University. She is currently living and working in London (U.K).
As a young mixed-media artist, she pursues multidisciplinary work like videos, photographs, performances, sound recordings, installations, and composes other multidisciplinary practice. Marcy Petit made important research about relational art. Today, she continues to explore this notion within the conception of several new artworks. The devices she uses seek to give voice to the "normal" or "seemingly ordinary" people.
Her work has also undoubtedly been inspired by her upspring since the artist was raised by her grandparents. From that time, she developed a fascination for old people, old stories, and old stuff. Thanks to one of her teachers, Bertrand Clavez, she also first developed a practice-oriented to "performing action". This artistic medium represents an important part of her artistic work by using her own body as a medium in her work and performances.
More and more, the artworks of Marcy Petit seek to talk mainly about the representation of the feminine body in our society and feminist concerns and issues. She has therefore generated a series of works making a stance that is feminine, feminist, sometimes ironic, and politic.
As a young mixed-media artist, she pursues multidisciplinary work like videos, photographs, performances, sound recordings, installations, and composes other multidisciplinary practice. Marcy Petit made important research about relational art. Today, she continues to explore this notion within the conception of several new artworks. The devices she uses seek to give voice to the "normal" or "seemingly ordinary" people.
Her work has also undoubtedly been inspired by her upspring since the artist was raised by her grandparents. From that time, she developed a fascination for old people, old stories, and old stuff. Thanks to one of her teachers, Bertrand Clavez, she also first developed a practice-oriented to "performing action". This artistic medium represents an important part of her artistic work by using her own body as a medium in her work and performances.
More and more, the artworks of Marcy Petit seek to talk mainly about the representation of the feminine body in our society and feminist concerns and issues. She has therefore generated a series of works making a stance that is feminine, feminist, sometimes ironic, and politic.
"The Interview"
In this video, Marcy Petit embodies two different persons: her mother before her death in 1992 and herself.
Despite growing up without her mother, the artist always felt that deep secrets were darkening the memories about her. After finding out the disturbing truth, Marcy Petit decided to investigate her mother's past.
Throughout this fake interview, the conversation leads the viewer to different topics: from the exploration of family trauma and secrets to the prostitution and representation of woman's sexuality in the French society of the '70 - '80s.
Despite these topics are still being the biggest taboos of our society, the mother of the artist becomes a voice, which advocates for sexuality freedom, women empowerment, and also prostitution workers' rights.
Marcy Petit considers this artwork the most engaged one among those she has made so far.
Despite growing up without her mother, the artist always felt that deep secrets were darkening the memories about her. After finding out the disturbing truth, Marcy Petit decided to investigate her mother's past.
Throughout this fake interview, the conversation leads the viewer to different topics: from the exploration of family trauma and secrets to the prostitution and representation of woman's sexuality in the French society of the '70 - '80s.
Despite these topics are still being the biggest taboos of our society, the mother of the artist becomes a voice, which advocates for sexuality freedom, women empowerment, and also prostitution workers' rights.
Marcy Petit considers this artwork the most engaged one among those she has made so far.