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2022
« 3 femmes sur 10 ont subi au moins une agression sexuelle dans leur vie. »
Cette phrase a longtemps résonné dans ma tête après notre conversation avec Solène. Claire, 20 ans, Émilie, 19 ans et Solène, 24 ans, sont toutes les trois des amies et pourtant elles ne m'avaient jamais raconté ces histoires. Lorsque j'ai lancé un appel à témoignages de situations traumatisantes sur les réseaux sociaux, j'ai été frappée de recevoir des réponses de leur part, chacune relatant des violences sexuelles qu'elles avaient subies. Poussées par le désir de m'aider dans mon projet, elles ont trouvé le courage d'y replonger, laissant s'échapper une part de leur intimité. Elles portent aujourd'hui les empreintes de ces épisodes de l'enfance ou de l'adolescence et elles en font une force, qu'elles mettent en scène ici. Nos échanges et nos prises de vues dans des lieux significatifs de leur reconstruction sont une façon de reprendre le dessus sur ce passé.
The Days After
“3 in 10 women have experienced at least one sexual assault in their life.”
That sentence resonated in my head for a long time after our conversation with Solène. Claire, 20 years old, Émilie, 19 and Solène, 24, are all my friends and yet they never told me these stories. When I sent out a call for traumatic situations testimonies on social networks, I have been struck by their answers, each telling the sexual violence they had suffered. Driven by the desire to help me in my project, they found the courage to plunge back into it, letting slip a part of their intimacy. Today they bear the imprint of these childhood or adolescence episodes and they make it a strength, which they stage here. Our exchanges and shots in significant places of their reconstruction are a way to recover from this past.
“3 in 10 women have experienced at least one sexual assault in their life.”
That sentence resonated in my head for a long time after our conversation with Solène. Claire, 20 years old, Émilie, 19 and Solène, 24, are all my friends and yet they never told me these stories. When I sent out a call for traumatic situations testimonies on social networks, I have been struck by their answers, each telling the sexual violence they had suffered. Driven by the desire to help me in my project, they found the courage to plunge back into it, letting slip a part of their intimacy. Today they bear the imprint of these childhood or adolescence episodes and they make it a strength, which they stage here. Our exchanges and shots in significant places of their reconstruction are a way to recover from this past.
