In My Own Image: From Self-Portrait to Autofiction
With 9th-grade students, 11th-grade students specializing in visual arts, and 10th-grade vocational students in the Personal and Community Services program.
At Anguier High School (Eu) and the Agricultural Vocational High School (Neufchâtel-en-Bray).
In the fall of 2020.
“À mon image” is an artistic journey comprising an exhibition and a series of workshops led by Jeanne Dubois-Pacquet. The artist has designed a workshop that explores the genre of the self-portrait using either a smartphone or a film camera.
From reflections to discussions, Le Havre-based writer Gabrielle Schaff has joined the project to lead writing workshops, continuing to explore the concept of “I” through the lens of another—be it a human, an animal, or an object… Over the course of the sessions, the students engage—through words and images—with the creation of the self-image, its circulation, and its meanings. The intentions behind taking a self-portrait are described, highlighted, and revealed. Session after session, from shadow puppetry to redaction, the fragmented (de)construction of their own identity and that of the artist constantly shifts the perception of the “self.” The photo collage experience concludes the creative process, allowing students to freely transform and re-transform these scattered fragments of identity.
Several types of images emerged during the workshops led by Jeanne Dubois-Paquet. A large folded poster was created to display the images produced and to present excerpts from the texts written by the students during the workshops with Gabrielle Schaff.
As part of the “Regards” initiative, in partnership with the Normandy Region and CEMEA.
