“BRULAGE SILENCIEUX” is an installation composed of three plaster casts of fragments of women’s bodies, placed above candles that burn slowly. Through its staging, the work offers a powerful and striking representation of sexual violence.

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Such violence can take many forms: it may be brutal and sudden, or, on the contrary, unfold over time in an insidious and repetitive manner. The lit candles thus become a metaphor for the slow, daily suffering endured by many victims.

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The three casts, each evoking a different woman, strongly recall the scale and recurrence of violence against women. The choice of plaster as a material reinforces the symbolic force of the installation: it highlights both the physical, bodily dimension of violence and the vulnerability of the body.

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As a whole, “BRULAGE SILENCIEUX” is a grave and poignant work that questions the deep traces left by sexual violence, both on the body and on the psyche.

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