Mousework

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Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
1 Josephine (case 1088)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
2 Laure (case 6303)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
3 Alexandrine (case 7002)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
4 Anna (case 4872)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
5 Claire (case 5303)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
6 Marie (case 5590)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
7 Marguerite (case 808)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
8 Clementine (case 6100)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
9 Ernestine (case 3070)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
10 Charlotte (case 2431)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
11 Felicie (case 6401)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
12 Louise (case 1154)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
13 Anais (case 6781)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
14 Yvonne (case 4083)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
15 Blanche (case 2933)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
16 Arlette (case 43)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
17 Augustine (case 6099)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
18 Celestine (case 1092)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
19 Renee (case 4100)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
20 Jeanne (case 2557)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
21 Victoria (case 6404)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
22 Simonne (case 5700)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
23 Adele (case 761)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
24 Mathilde (case 2440)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
25 Elise (case 5222)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
26 Elisabeth (case 4004)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
27 Eleonore (case 4008)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
28 Valentine (case 5922)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
29 Sophie (case 883)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
30 Rose (case 5101)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
31 Catherine (case 1001)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
32 Clemence (case 984)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
33 Noemie (case 7107)
Inkjet prints, acrylic mounting, vacuum formed frame,<br>51.5X 70X5 cm
34 Delphine (case 902)

Mousework delves into the persisting grip on ‘hysteria’ as one of countless social constructs inherited from the past, underscoring its epitomization as a system aimed at maintaining the flawed patriarchal order which continues to this day. Comprising thirty-five photographic triptychs, the project uncovers photography’s critical role as an accomplice in constructing the category ‘hysteria’ and its influences on modern-day society. Azoulay’s imagery undertakes the notion of ‘hysteria’ as introduced and depicted by Jean-Martin Charcot in 19th and early 20th centuries Paris, and confronts it with the use of ‘hysteria’ as a keyword in her search through online image banks, which generated thousands of contemporary portrayals of women with a stereotyped distressed appearance. By associating the internet’s standardized female convention with Charcot’s subjective representation, Mousework validates accepted cultural and societal modes of perception as reflected in the methods of photographic practice behind them.

Mousework Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2021

Excerpt of an archival film documenting the healing dance Taranta (1962).