Iris Millot directs our attention to her great-aunt Hélène, a former activist of the Mouvement de libération des femmes. The traces she left behind are presented alongside an anonymous archival image, taken from one of her notebooks. Hélène is never fully visible; her life instead takes shape through objects, spaces and everyday details, composing a portrait through her absence.
Ela Polkowska's attention turns to the body. The title of her series Firmly Pinch the Skin Together (Pincez fermement la peau) refers to a medical gesture in which touch can be both a source of discomfort and of care. The body is approached indirectly, through objects that acquire the qualities of skin: vulnerability, tactility, and the marks of contact.
In Sabbia e Bronzo, Massao Mascaro turns to the Mediterranean coastline, taking as his starting point its ancestral history and the Riace Bronzes.