3 WOMEN, 3 TIMES (2/3) – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow… Writer Colombe Schneck had fun imagining the daily lives of three fictional working girls anchored in their own time. Colorful stories and portraits that speak of both intimacy and community. To be continued, Solemn Day 2023.
Beliefs insisted
Solenn is an anthropologist specializing in Mexican Indian groups. One of the designers, under the guise of the word “inspiration”, after a week in a palace on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, copied colorful patterns; less than From Peru, embroidery from the Tenango community without even mentioning them. Deep historical, sociological and artistic work has been done to recognize the richness of these cultures, and Solen is preparing a conference on this issue. Since then, creators have been careful to avoid a stormTalking to Solen has become essential.
But Solen knows how fragile his position is. At the University of Bordeaux, where he teaches, some colleagues criticize him for spending too much time writing articles or working for companies, and not enough in class (jealousy is one of the plagues of the university). The students question him in an equally brutal way about his legitimacy in working on the cultures of Oaxaca. Solenn is blonde, light-eyed, fair-skinned. This question of identity fascinates him, he refuses to put himself in boxes. He accepts the dialogue, the conversation with them, it is difficult, but he does not give up.
She stopped buying water in plastic bottles, has a bottle that she fills from the tap every morning, no longer goes to fast fashion stores to avoid temptation, and chooses less but better quality clothes. He also decided to reduce his plane trips to one per year. But, like all great principles, the desire to do better, to be more attentive, he honors them with difficulty, and his pupils are no more upright than he. He encountered the largest number of protesters queuing in front of a pop-up window offering clothing produced in China under disastrous social and health conditions. They excused themselves: “We know that, but it doesn’t cost much and we don’t have money. He pointed out to them that this brand also steals labor and ancestral culture to reproduce them on T-shirts. Solenn is forgiving but disappointed.
Solen in 2023, according to Colombe Schneck. Louison illustration
When he got an invitation to the show 28 minutes d’Arte, he was both happy, which is a sign that his anthropological work is somehow recognized, but also ashamed. He sees the smiles of his colleagues and hears their comments, bad questions and adequate answers; “And his night at the hotel, and who’s going to pay? Money that could be better used to house homeless students. »
Solenn already feels guilty, guilty of checking every hour if she has likes and PMs on her Instagram account on WhatsApp. He’s not the only one. Facing him, in the lecture hall, he watches the hands go into the pocket, the bag, to look for the device, the face that quickly descends, the look relaxed, even excited or disappointed, no message, no new semblance. Those who are focused on their computer, he only has to get off the chair, return to them, he would have time to notice the sudden gesture, the click that allows to close the Facebook page. Are our brains slowly rotting because of a few California engineers?
He became an expert on cultural appropriation
Solen, the hero of Colombe Schneck’s story
For the show, she found a dress on an app that specializes in second-hand clothing. It must date from the early 2000s, belted emerald silk. Solenn knows more about Mexico’s clothing history than her country’s, but she recognized a dress designed by Albert Elbaz for Lanvin. He went to Paris, assured of his choice and couldn’t help publishing his photo on TV. The next morning he woke up with a record number of likes.
Source: Le Figaro
