Pauline Loctin invites viewers on a sensory and introspective journey where memory, both individual and collective, serves as the guiding thread for a profound artistic exploration. This subtle dialogue between loss, silence, and intergenerational narratives takes form in a body of work that transcends words, privileging sensations and inner resonances.

The exhibition draws its essence from a recent journey to Algeria, a land steeped in untold stories and fragmented memories. This is the land where Pauline’s family was born, carrying a complex legacy shaped by silence as a mode of transmission. There, Pauline encountered the invisible: fragments of untold stories, traces of a past imprinted in gestures, sounds, and textures. This confrontation with a buried heritage awakened a deeply personal bodily memory, etched in her flesh and DNA, enabling her to reconcile with a part of herself long shrouded in shadow.

In a universe where silence weighs as heavily as it protects, Pauline explores memory through the senses: the familiar scents of cooking, the geometric patterns of street tiles, the vibrant hues of Mediterranean landscapes. These fragments of the everyday become anchors in a quest for identity and resilience in the face of intergenerational traumas. Here, silence is no longer a void but a texture—a fertile matrix where forgotten narratives take root.

At the heart of Colours live in Darkness, the art of folding and pleating emerges as a powerful metaphor. Each fold becomes a tangible memory, a silent prayer linking Pauline to her ancestors while celebrating repetition as an act of reclamation. These ritualised gestures, inspired by sacred geometry, materialise a silent dialogue between past and present. The fold becomes a symbol—a testament to a complex heritage that unfolds and is transmitted across generations.

In this work, black assumes the role of an essential protagonist. More than a colour, it represents the cradle of possibility, an origin where all shades blend and coexist. Far from symbolising mourning or absence, this black reveals a fertile depth, a darkness in which Pauline has discovered the light of her true hues.

Music and rhythm imbue every sculpture, every fold, every movement. Pauline’s creations become silent songs, hymns to embodied memory. Through her work, she celebrates the body’s power as a vehicle of resilience and expression in the face of the unspeakable.

This exhibition invites reflection on the cathartic power of sensory memory and the paradoxical way in which silence can liberate speech. Pauline Loctin celebrates art’s ability to express the inexpressible, transforming absences into luminous presences. In this quest for reconciliation between past and present, she reminds us that even in the deepest darkness, it is possible to rediscover one’s true colours and celebrate the splendour of being