Pauline Curnier Jardin's 'Fireflies' at Pinksummer, Genoa
Pauline Curnier Jardin (Marseille, 1980) presents 'Fireflies (Lucciole)' at Pinksummer gallery in Genoa, a film shot during the first lockdown in 2020. The color film interspersed with black-and-white sequences explores the lives of sex workers, using light and shadow as metaphors for encounter and discovery. Curnier Jardin follows them as they appear and disappear from roadsides to grassy clearings, revealing their queer physicality and marginal existence. The installation includes a second room with a boudoir of lace hanging from the ceiling, surrounded by erotic drawings made collaboratively with a group of Colombian prostitutes in Rome and the Feel Good Cooperative, founded by the artist with some of the sex workers after the film. The work critiques the hypersexualization of the body and the social martyrdom imposed by productive capitalism, calling for a more peaceful, desexualized, ecological language.
Key facts
- Pauline Curnier Jardin is a French artist born in Marseille in 1980.
- The film 'Fireflies (Lucciole)' was shot in 2020 during the first lockdown.
- The film is presented at Pinksummer gallery in Genoa.
- The film is a color film interspersed with black-and-white sequences.
- The installation includes a boudoir with lace and erotic drawings.
- The erotic drawings were made with Colombian prostitutes in Rome and the Feel Good Cooperative.
- The Feel Good Cooperative was founded by Curnier Jardin with some sex workers after the film.
- The work critiques hypersexualization and capitalism's impact on the body.
Entities
Artists
- Pauline Curnier Jardin
Institutions
- Pinksummer
- Feel Good Cooperative
Locations
- Genoa
- Italy
- Marseille
- France
- Rome