The big slip
France
2013
About ten years ago in India, stricken by the sight of whole families living on the street in wealthy neighborhood, the artist discovered that both sides, rich or poor, live next to each other, coping with the situation in complete acceptance. Street people organize their own space, which is embodied by a piece of cloth, a few objects, hence she had strange sensation of passing by
homes with transparent walls. This sight has now become common in France. In 2008 this drove her to take a series of photographs of sleeping homeless people in Paris, which led into an installation named «The Big Slip».
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About the artist
Françoise Michaud was born in Dijon, France. She graduated in humanities and cinema studies in Paris. After she began an acting career in France, she decided to go to Los Angeles (California) where she followed sessions of the Actors Studio. She also studied screenwriting at UCLA. At the same time she started to take photographs – making portraits of musicians, actors, directors, published in the press- as well as to take pictures on sets while shooting movies.