In fantasy lore, elves are often portrayed as possessing sharpened hearing. The ears interrogate historical and contemporary economies of violence; they allude to wartime rituals in which a severed ear becomes a trophy. Presenting a mute testament to domination, cut from the body and reclassified as evidence yet here they are activated, pushing us into a peripheral world. In this merging of the real and the fictional, an organ once attuned to sound and perception is estranged from its function, transformed into an object relic - an artifact of power.
Varennes has recently been the recipient of the Villa Busan residency prize in Busan, South Korea as well as having recently exhibited at the Louvre Lens in 2025; with works acquired by the national collections of FRAC Alsace - Sélestat (FR), FRAC Poitou-Charantes - Angoulême (FR), FRAC Occitane - Musée des Abattoirs - Toulouse (FR), Musée du Verre - Musée de France - Meisenthal (FR) and SunprideFondation - Hong Kong (HK).
In fantasy lore, elves are often portrayed as possessing sharpened hearing. The ears interrogate historical and contemporary economies of violence; they allude to wartime rituals in which a severed ear becomes a trophy. Presenting a mute testament to domination, cut from the body and reclassified as evidence yet here they are activated, pushing us into a peripheral world. In this merging of the real and the fictional, an organ once attuned to sound and perception is estranged from its function, transformed into an object relic - an artifact of power.
Varennes has recently been the recipient of the Villa Busan residency prize in Busan, South Korea as well as having recently exhibited at the Louvre Lens in 2025; with works acquired by the national collections of FRAC Alsace - Sélestat (FR), FRAC Poitou-Charantes - Angoulême (FR), FRAC Occitane - Musée des Abattoirs - Toulouse (FR), Musée du Verre - Musée de France - Meisenthal (FR) and SunprideFondation - Hong Kong (HK).
