Mélodie Mousset (*1981, FR) Lausanne/Los Angeles

For several years, Mousset has lead an anatomical investigation of her body. With the aid of medical imaging, she has explored her own body and recreated its organs. As replicas or facsimiles the organs become protagonists of a vast artistic corpus. Through the mise en abyme of her body, Mousset detaches from the autobiographical sphere. In a humorous and aesthetic way, she addresses contemporary issues of biotechnol­ogy and data kidnapping. The virtual world that can be physically experienced as a video game, allows one to enter the body of the artist, blurring boundaries of the intra- and extracorporeal. The Skin Disposal makes the skin an object of convenience. These three self-portraits have convinced the jury by the mastery of space and materials: silicon, concrete, bronze.