The Sleeping Hermaphrodite
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sculpture
Conceived as a confined interior within a small window, the work presents a miniature room displaying a sleeping Hermaphrodite. The installation creates a voyeuristic dynamic, allowing the viewer to look through the window without being able to enter the space or approach the sleeping figure. This impossibility to move around the body or see more than the visible fragment imposes a deliberate limitation of perspective. A nearly dichotomic dialogue emerges between the viewer and the figure, generating a tension between the desire for closeness and the structural barriers that prevent it.
The Sleeping Hermaphrodite becomes a figure suspended between visibility and silence. Here, sleep does not represent rest but rather becomes a stage. The body lying on the floor, aestheticized and composed, is displayed for contemplation. This form of sleep highlights a nearly sculptural stillness—one that society often imposes on bodies beyond the gender binary. While the body may appear peaceful, its immobility turns it into a spectacle, a decorative object on display.
Drawing influence from Paul B. Preciado's book The Sleeping Hermaphrodite: Waking up From a Lethargic Confinement, the figure’s lethargy results from a social rather than a natural cause. Medical, legal, and artistic systems tend to classify or mythologize gender ambiguity through naming and exhibiting, until immobilization seems voluntary, transforming it into a strategy of control. This neutralizes what might otherwise challenge established norms.
This project dwells on the boundary between the stillness of the sculpture and its (potential) awakening.
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41 Rue Notre Dame
2450 Ville-Haute Luxembourg
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