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Camille Mutel: Performance and Choreography in Artpress 482

publication · 2026-05-01

In the latest issue of Artpress 482, Stéphane Boudin-Lestienne shines a spotlight on choreographer Camille Mutel, known for her innovative fusion of choreography and performance art. Mutel's work was notably showcased at Toulon’s Constellations #10 festival in September 2020. Drawing inspiration from butō and artists like Bill Viola, she delves into themes of eroticism and vulnerability. Among her notable pieces are 'Effraction de l'oubli', a 2010 work featuring nude movement, and 'Not I' from 2020, which reflects on tea rituals. She is also incorporating traditional rural gestures into her future creative endeavors.

Key facts

  • Camille Mutel is a choreographer whose practice overlaps with performance.
  • The article appears in artpress 482, echoing a November 2020 survey on performance.
  • Mutel participated in the Constellations #10 festival in Toulon in September 2020.
  • Her solo 'Effraction de l'oubli' (2010) involved dancing nude under specific lighting.
  • In 'Etna' (2011), she projects images onto her nude body.
  • 'Go, go, go said the bird' (2015) is a trio deconstructing sexuality.
  • In 2020, she revived 'Effraction de l'oubli' with a voice-over about Eurydice's rape.
  • Her latest work 'Not I' (2020) involves rituals with a knife.

Entities

Artists

  • Camille Mutel
  • Hervé Diasnas
  • Matthieu Ferry
  • Hans Bellmer
  • Gilles Gobeil
  • Bill Viola
  • Philippe Chosson
  • Isabelle Duthoit
  • Osamu Kanemura
  • Morton Feldman
  • Marina Tsvetaïeva
  • Georges Bataille
  • Salvador Dalí
  • Stéphane Boudin-Lestienne

Institutions

  • artpress
  • Constellations

Locations

  • Toulon
  • France

Sources