38 glass plates (18 x 24 cm), varnish, nylon thread, metal clips, flashlights (from cell phones), 2022-2024.


Magic Filter (Filtre Magique) is a participatory, evolving and itinerant exhibition project that questions the scarcity of female role models in history. The project consists of a collection of drawn portraits of various little-known or historically forgotten female personalities, to be revealed with a torch. Since its first exhibition in 2022, the project has grown out of proposals made by the public and through various local initiatives.

In order for the portraits to be visible only when the viewer illuminates them, I developed a drawing technique based on projection. It consists of preparing a glass plate with a layer of varnish which, once dry, is scratched with a scalpel. The drawing is thus created in the shadow of its own projection.

With the support of: HF Hauts-de-France, Région Hauts-de-France, DRDFE, Saisons Zéro, Ville de Lille, HF Normandie, Métropole Rouen Normandie.