Julie Monot on Performance, Masks, and the Body

Julie Monot, a Swiss artist born in Lausanne in 1978, delves into the cultural aspects of the body through her work in performance, textiles, and sculpture. In a conversation with Eleonora Angiolini, she highlights significant pieces such as See Double (2020), a hand-tufted rug that doubles as a costume. Monot created masks for her works Double Trouble (2018) and Modern Nature 1/2 (2018) to capture specific expressions. Her performance Dennis, first presented in 2018 and revisited in 2021, was inspired by a sculpture at HEAD Geneva and Aby Warburg's analysis of a misidentified statue of Dionysus. Her ceramic series Possibly Maybe engages with themes of animality and feminist literature. Green Room (2019) at Fondation Arsenic challenged artistic boundaries, followed by Changing Room in 2022. Additionally, her work Hamacs (2020) was displayed at The Bass Museum, while Raven A was showcased at PALAZZINA in Basel.