The exhibition Under Your Smell offers a hypnotic and immersive experience in Jean Paul Gaultier's headquarters by imagining new definitions of beauty and body expression. Under the direction of Florence Tétier and Nicolas Coulomb, 3rd year Bachelor Photography students brought to life the brand's iconic perfumes through an immersive photographic experience.
In the first season, with the complicity of Claude Emmanuelle Gajan Maull, the young photographers have fluidified the iconic bottles with their gendered silhouettes — Le Mâle, Le Classique, Le Beau and La Belle — in a fresh LGBTQIA+ perspective. With this upcoming season, the project evolves around the Scandal fragrance, with the creation of still lives in which the liquid, dry and organic contrasting textures evoke the essence of the perfume, its bottle design and its complexities. Through staging, the perfumes become the backdrop for stories of transgression and fantastical projections.
In addition to monumental fabric prints, giant image-cushions welcome the public to lay down and celebrate gender fluidity and the ever changing definitions of beauty and self expression.
Collaboration (2022) by Dominique Bartels, Julie Corday, Diego Fellmann, Florian Hilt, Samara Krähenbühl, Angèle Marignac-Serra, Lisa Mazenauer, Marvin Merkel, Inès Mermoud, Basil Pérot, Yolane Rais, Camille Spiller, Gwendoline Albasini, Tony Altermatt, Matteo Angelé, Laure Brandford Griffith, Noa Chevalley, Sara De Brito Faustino, Yann Difford, Jessica Dreier, Valerie Geissbühler, Eloïse Genoud, Ulises Lozano, Lea Sblandano, Samuel Spreyz, Gaétan Uldry, Antoine Woeffray, Louis Victorin Michel, Yan Miranda
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Under the direction of Florence Tétier (Jean Paul Gaultier) and Nicolas Coulomb (Novembre Magazine), 3rd year Bachelor Photography students of ECAL present a visual interpretation of Jean Paul Gaultier's perfumes.
In the first season, with the complicity of Claude Emmanuelle Gajan Maull, the young photographers have fluidified the iconic bottles with their gendered silhouettes — Le Mâle, Le Classique, Le Beau and La Belle — in a fresh LGBTQIA+ perspective.
With this upcoming season, the project evolves around the Scandal fragrance, with the creation of still lives in which the liquid, dry and organic contrasting textures evoke the essence of the perfume, its bottle design and its complexities. Through staging, the perfumes become the backdrop for stories of transgression and fantastical projections.
Under Your Smell offers a hypnotic and immersive experience through monumental fabric prints all around the iconic spaces of the Jean Paul Gaultier House. Giant image-cushions welcome the public to lay down and celebrate gender fluidity and the ever changing definitions of beauty and self expression.
Dominique Bartels, Julie Corday, Diego Fellmann, Florian Hilt, Samara Krähenbühl, Angèle Marignac-Serra, Lisa Mazenauer, Marvin Merkel, Inès Mermoud, Basil Pérot, Yolane Rais, Camille Spiller, Gwendoline Albasini, Tony Altermatt, Matteo Angelé, Laure Brandford Griffith, Noa Chevalley, Sara De Brito Faustino, Yann Difford, Jessica Dreier, Valerie Geissbühler, Eloïse Genoud, Ulises Lozano, Louis Victorin Michel , Yan Miranda , Lea Sblandano, Samuel Spreyz, Gaétan Uldry, Antoine Woeffray,
Florence Tétier - directrice de création Jean Paul Gaultier
Nicolas Coulomb - photographe et consultant Novembre Global
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EXHIBITIONS
From March 3 to May 21, 2023, ECAL presents Under Your Smell at Photo Elysée. In collaboration with Jean Paul Gaultier, Bachelor Photography students propose their interpretation of the brand's perfumes through an immersive exhibition celebrating gender diversity and new definitions of beauty. Opening Thursday, March 2 at 6pm.
EXHIBITIONS
From November 10 to 12 2022, Jean Paul Gaultier opens the doors of its Paris headquarters to the general public. During Paris Photo, the House is partnering with ECAL to present the photography exhibition Under Your Smell. Students from Bachelor Photography will show their interpretation of Gaultier's perfumes.