Catalog of an exhibition held within 16th Biennale de Lyon, macLYON, Lyon, France, September 14-December 31, 2022. L. Brunet (19th century), French silk spinner.
Summary:
"The 16th Lyon Biennales: manifesto of fragility positions fragility at the heart of a henerative form of resistance that is emboldened by the past, responsive to the present and primed for the future. Conceived as a collective statement authored through word, image, sound and movement, it calls on a community of resilient voices to draft a manifesto for a world that is blamelessly fragile. The Biennale is structured around three distinct yet interconnected layers, where fragility and resistance are explored through the lens of the indibidual, the city and the world, respectively."-- supplied by publisher. "[T]he first of the three points of entry into the Biennale's exploration of fragility. The part of the exhibition, titled 'The Many Lives and Deaths of Louise Brunet', takes inspiration from the story of Louise Brunet, a young woman who took part in the revolution of Lyon's 'canuts' (silk weavers) in 1834. As a symbol of resistance, she is manifested in multiple incarnations throughout the history of art, from antiquity to the present day."-- page 9.
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