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MULTIMEDIA EVENT
ZÉNAÏDE
AND CHARLOTTE MEET THE PRESS
MUSEUM
OF FINE ARTS, TOULON, FRANCE
21 DECEMBER 1988 – 30 APRIL 1989
ASSISTED
BY JEAN-NOËL LASZLO
Commissioned
for the museum’s centennial, this work brings to life
of the most famous paintings in its collection: Jean-Louis
David’s 1822 double portrait of sisters Zénaïde
and Charlotte Bonaparte. The project begins with the publication
of a reproduction of the painting—altered through the
insertion of two blank comic-strip-like dialog bubbles—in
the local newspaper. Readers are asked to imagine the conversation
the two young women are having and to send their contributions
in to the museum where they will be displayed alongside the
original. The members of the public are also given the opportunity
to leave the sisters messages via voice mail and the Minitel
telematic network, or to talk to them in person on the occasion
of one of their periodic arm-in-arm outings in the streets
of the city.
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