Fourteen photographic and documentary portraits, fourteen traces of life, fourteen residents of the Maurepas neighbourhood in Rennes and stories that emerge from these fantasised bodies, transformed by skin painting, hairstyling and staging. Photography and documentary filmmaking tell the story and keep a record of these moments of transfiguration, where bodies and faces become something else. This artistic performance focuses on a type of metamorphosis that reveals the trouble of the soul, as well as its hopes and dreams clashing between silence and collected words, between thoughts and filmed realities.

Au-delà de la peau brings together Matagold (Caroline Vaillant) and Agnès Dupoirier, who drew inspiration from the life stories, dreams and aspirations of their models to create these personal and temporary human works of art. While examining the models’ view of themselves, the artists give them a unique and intimate experience they can feel right on the surface of their skin. Cyril Andres offers a photographic interpretation of these changes, recording them through image and documentary shorts to attempt to capture the way the models look at the world. Through these unique settings and the distinctive beauty that emanates from each portrait, the exhibition Au-delà de la peau challenges the spectator, inviting them to take an interest in others and all that makes them unique.