in collaboration with Quentin Estève
A wide black dress, borrowing codes from the eighteenth-century court’s wardrobe, is kept in movement through the use of a fan. Its spectacle no longer depends on the performer’s body, interrogating what remains of the performance the costume previously served.
assistant: Georges Torbey
photography: Lucrèce Hamon
light: Maxime Goncalves
Queen is the recording of an approximately 40 minute performance, consisting of the melting of a red crown made out of ice: an impossible reign made visible. The video is 29 minutes long. The complete performance couldnt be recorded as the camera stopped filming after that.
assistant: Sylvain Raillard
editing: Thibaut Rozand
in collaboration with Sylvain Raillard
Prosthetic 1 & 2 are 3D printed nylon accessories designed to adapt to the curves of the face. The design in inspired by both organic and mechanical figures. Instrument and body combines. The cyborg body can be deeply flawed, but it’s not without its erotic potential. Where prosthetic 1 serves as a new form of eyelashes, Prosthetic 2 offers an everlasting hairstyle.
photography: Lucrèce Hamon (Prosthetic 1)
photography: Ferran Sanchez (Prosthetic 2)
in collaboration with Quentin Estève
Over five hundred metallic monograms are assembled by hand to create a piece covering face and body, considerably reducing the movements of the performer. The design of the monograms, while combining Tuna Mess’s initials, also operates as a trademark symbol. The lower case of the letter T is used for its ressemblance to a fishing hook.
monogram: Georges Torbey
photography: Lucrèce Hamon
light: Yi-Chen Lee
The Hooker Scarf is a printed twill-silk scarf hijacking the codes of the tradition of luxury, showcasing elements considered crude or vulgar. Hooks, fishing rods and shower hose interlace around a monogram.
The design of the monograms, while combining Tuna Mess’s initials, also operates as a trademark symbol. The lower case of the letter T is used for its ressemblance to a fishing hook.
The scarf is made and printed in Italy.
monogram: Georges Torbey
in collaboration with Georges Torbey
Trademark is a series of objects inviting others to become Tuna Mess. All objects are designed after a monogram which, while combining Tuna Mess’s initials, also operates as a trademark symbol. The lower case of the letter T is used for its ressemblance to a fishing hook.
The Trademark Earrings and Bracelet are 3D printed nylon sculptures created in collaboration with Sylvain Raillard. Their design acts an anamorphosis of the monogram. For the earrings, the two letters must be assemble trough the ears to hold on. To wrap the two letters around the arm, the wrist must pass trough the initials.
The limited editions are sealed in a tin foil can. The stickers were designed to ressemble museum labels.
with Camille Boisaubert, Georges Torbey and Juliet Merie
in collaboration with Quentin Estève
A dress made out of rings and figaro chains is covered of carnations. The metallic elements are chosen for their religious symbolics, and the use of carnations privileged for, in the nineteenth century, it is the flower given to comedians a theatre director no longer wish to work with. The flowers are passed trough the rings of the dress making their removal possible during performance. To strip down, the performer must give the flowers away to the audience.
photography: Catherine Peillon (carnations)
photography: Georges Torbey (wildflowers)
photography: Nicolas Roccia (narcissus)