The Parisian

For “La Parisienne” (The Parisian), an event presented at Galeries Lafayette, the Galerie des Galeries has invited Sofia Achaval and Thibault de Montaigu to conjure up for us, from 1 April to 4 June 2011, the apartment of a fictional Parisian woman.

This couple has brought together a team of creative individuals to forge the background story and personality of this Parisian. The novelist and art critic Catherine Millet will be selecting the fictional woman’s art collection; the artist and writer Valérie Mréjen will get hold of her thoughts by leaving various messages scattered around the apartment; the composer Bertrand Burgalat will imagine her choice of music; the artist Laetitia Benat will reveal the hidden soul of this doodler and draughtsman; while the photographer Annelies Strba will revisit her past and an actor will lend his famous voice to the telephone messages left by a lover.