Anaïs Touchot tackles language. She addresses us directly, offering services through posters and slogans that play on capitalist injunctions for wellness and personal accomplishment. Her work reclaims amateur activism and protests the stress placed on performance, productivity and success that burden the artist and the world. Her art is always imagined alongside its participants, protecting it from the art world, with its jargon and mechanisms claiming to determine the legitimacy and value of a piece of art. Aurélie Faure, 2023 Excerpt from: “Dont’ ever forget how precious you are” by Aurélie Faure. Text produced by Réseau documents d’artistes et Aica – France, Point de vue, 2023. In […]
Anaïs Touchot tackles language. She addresses us directly, offering services through posters and slogans that play on capitalist injunctions for wellness and personal accomplishment. Her work reclaims amateur activism and protests the stress placed on performance, productivity and success that burden the artist and the world. Her art is always imagined alongside its participants, protecting it from the art world, with its jargon and mechanisms claiming to determine the legitimacy and value of a piece of art.
Aurélie Faure, 2023
Excerpt from: “Dont’ ever forget how precious you are” by Aurélie Faure.
Text produced by Réseau documents d’artistes et Aica – France, Point de vue, 2023. In partnership with The Art Newspaper France.