Because on the one hand yes, there is this myth, but there were also actual witch hunts. I actually really like to work with fantasy and science fiction. How has your relationship with the witch developed since you started working with her? In that way she kind of pulled the figure out of the realm of its caricature as a costume or character in children’s stories and put her back into her nonfiction history. Further reading work like Mona Chollet’s Sorcières: la puissance invaincue des femmes I became more aware of her rebellious character and her importance for feminist movements, especially ecofeminist thinking.įeminist theorist Silvia Federici studied the witch as a dissident of capitalism. When I started to shape my personal practice three years ago I was listening to this podcast called Sorcières and I realized the figure is also relevant for adults. You know how some people wanted to be a princess? I wanted to be a witch. I think I’ve been interested in the witch ever since I was a child. Hey Juliette, the figure of the witch has a prominent role in your work. Her investment in its story and cinematography extended to creating its costumes, music and 3D sets, in collaboration with many befriended artists.*
Sisters of the Wind is a timely consideration of attunement in the age of control.įrom mushroom karaoke to dancing our way into a trance, jujulove created seven video works that operate as references for a communal worldbuilding effort. Over the past year our collective awareness has heightened about the limits of human domination, and it is increasingly difficult to feel empowered in the face of continuous human damage to the natural world. And so we turn to Sisters of the Wind, a mixed-media installation by French artist Juliette Lizotte (also known as jujulove). To attune ourselves to its great powers both to destroy and to create, that is, to its unpredictability and to its magic.īecoming increasingly alienated from our surroundings we could use a little practice with attunement. Sisters, the wind is coming, and it is asking us to attune ourselves to it carefully and rigorously. ABOUT SISTERS OF THE WIND Emma van Meyeren
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