La force de la douceur (The power of softness)
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Dates2021 - 2022
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Author
- Location Montreal, Canada
La force de la douceur is an ode to resilience; like an invisible
and powerful heritage that inhabits us.
The works are delicate and comforting on
the surface, but, deep down, scream a powerful
message. Thus, the series addresses head-on the dichotomy
between the notions of strength and softness,
which are too often misunderstood and interchanged in
the collective imagination. La force de la douceur evokes
the fact that the opposition between these two terms is
erroneous since true strength essentially emanates from
gentleness itself. Contrary to what may be understood
in common language, the notion of strength is in no way
a synonym for power or violence, which are rather the
expression of the weakness or fragility of the ego.
La force de la douceur also invites us to have a moment to think about the ancestral labor of women at home, the mental load and the free labor that mothers produce behind close curtains, while their spouses perform in their professional lives
and get richer.