XX XY
Blue
XX XY Blue
Lada Neoberdina
2020
Acrylic painting, varnish
Drawing according to a lace pattern (France, the early 20th century)
3 x 10 m
The park of the Teinturerie
Roubaix, France
In the frame of
« Next Génération(s) » programm
« XU2020 Expériences Urbaines » festival
by La Condition Publique
Roubaix, France
© Julien Pitinome - Collectif OEIL
The concept of the series XX XY Embroidery was inspired by cross-stitch embroidery - xxxx. However, the old pattern is modified by the incorporation of a (Y) - the symbol of the male sex chromosome, which forms a pair of binary shortcuts with the female sex chromosome (X) - XY and XX.
The drawing shows other combinations: XXX, XXY, YY, offering a more realistic view of the wide variation in chromosomes. From a distance, the drawing remains legible and unchanged, and up close, it offers a vision of a society that is more inclusive and more representative of the differences it contains.
And then by taking into account the textile history of the city of Roubaix, the mural XX XY Blue takes all its sense of intermediary between the past and the present, between the History and the stories, between the intimate and the collective...
The work on Google Maps / Parcours d'art urbain Lille Métropole
