PREORDER “WHAT A WOMAN IS WORTH”
24/10/2022
The origin of this project is the discovery of a book, in the attic of the family house, entitled “Ce que vaut une femme : traité d’éducation morale et pratique des jeunes filles” (What a woman is worth : a treatise on the moral and practical education of young girls), published in 1893 with the support of the Ministry of Public Education. Its contents appeared to us both edifying and comic.
“Between a kick in the pants and a kick in the pants, after centuries of erasure, devotion and subjugation, Elsa & Johanna build a gallery of women who are finally alone, free of the “nurse syndrome”, and whose “false self” seems to crack as the chapters progress. They have nothing in particular to do. They just have life to themselves.”
MARIE ROBERT
Chief Curator at the Musée d’Orsay, Photography and Cinema
To accompany the re-edition of the book, we wanted a woman’s perspective to bring her sensitivity and emotions to this work from another time. This will be the work of the female artist duo Elsa & Johanna, who propose a new series of 24 black and white portraits of women over the 24 hours of a day.