Alexandra Bertaut was born 1973 in Paris and livet and works in Paris and other places. She in an explorer who sees the body as a subject, not a pretext. Alexandra Bertaut works with defining and shaping spaces and relations between for example identity – individuality, multifaceted – social being. She started out with studies in art, fashion and design and has since continued her research with Carlotta och Caterina Sagna,\u00a0Edmond Russo och Shlomi Tuizer, Frank Micheletti, Fabrice Lambert, Maud Le Pladec, Herman Diephuis, Thomas Quillardet, Richard Siegal, Su-feh Lee and Beno\u00eet Lachambre.<\/p>\n
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Interview with Alexandra Bertaut<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 What inspires you? <\/p>\n \u2022 How did you get the idea for the tr\u00e4skor? <\/p>\n \u2022 What does the hair-gear express? <\/p>\n \u2022 What was the inspiration for the full body suits? <\/p>\n \u2022 In what way do the set design, the music, the lights and the costume collaborate in High heels too? <\/p>\n \u2022 What has been special working with Cullberg Ballet? <\/p>\n \u2022 What is your dream project for the future? Alexandra Bertaut was born 1973 in Paris and livet and works in Paris and other places. She in an explorer who sees the body as a subject, not a pretext. Alexandra Bertaut works with defining and shaping spaces and relations between for example identity – individuality, multifaceted – social being. She started out with studies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1619,"template":"","personal_category":[],"class_list":["post-1618","personal_portraits","type-personal_portraits","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/personal_portraits\/1618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/personal_portraits"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/personal_portraits"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"personal_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/personal_category?post=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEverything! Spaces around… History and stories through… Everything… I only have to open my eyes, my ears, my mind and body (smile). Everything acts on my explorations… I look upon my work as a \u201cliving\u201d research, near an anthropological exploration.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s a combination of several things. At the beginning of the project with Cullberg Ballet, Beno\u00eet (choreographer) just said to me that he would like to work with high heels, very (very) high heeled shoes. A work around the balance and what this balance generates in\/on the body. It\u2019s very interesting to investigate this object of desire. I developed some work-platforms made in wood to begin the research. Some wooden shoes roughly strapped in feet, similar to torture artefacts. What high heels are in a way. That refers to all the pictures of this \u201cfeminin\u201d torture and its intricate and strange beauty as well. Like points to dance… I had to find a name, a new appellation to name this singular collection… playing with words and meanings… and also the place where they were “born”… \u201cTr\u00e4skor\u201d in Swedish means \u201cclogs\u201d, \u201cwooden shoes\u201d like \u201chooves\u201d… or shoes with wooden soles… And I love the sound that makes also… \u201ct r \u00e4 s k o r\u201d… It was perfect.<\/p>\n
\nIn French it would be “parures de cheveux\u201d – translated as “hair-gear\u201d. In the same way it\u2019s a research on \u201cfeminin attributes\u201d: long hair. Like a seduction object and a beautiful and an hypnotic impediment as well. Some “wigs” but also a \u201cdress\u201d, a “skirt”, and a “mask” are made of “hair\u201d, the same fabric as the installation. Like fineries, the \u201chair\u201d make up a kind of new set or \u201cgear\u201d of outfits. An inherent finery, like an extension of the body, that, inevitably, generate its own motions.<\/p>\n
\nGender exploration. Individution. And living organisms… All my work is a research on the relationships between the body and outfits – costumes as well. The cultural implications of the costumes. How outfits act on the body , generate movements, influence movement. And contribute to the perception of the body as well. From the full-body costume wearers to the viewers. Inside and outside feelings. Limits perceptions\u2026 I could also tell you a story about Quetzal, a beautiful bird with magnificent colors on feathers…<\/p>\n
\nAll these elements make up a whole. Like an interaction between all of them.<\/p>\n
\nMore than special! It was just great to research with the Cullberg Ballet! The performers are so great!<\/p>\n
\nLive in the present…beyond my wildest dreams! (smile)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"