Daphné Demaison is a model maker, ceramicist, and performer. Her work sits at the intersection of visual art, sculpture, and performance—disciplines she does not rank hierarchically but brings into dialogue within a single practice.

In Voler le feu, she works as the creator of puppets and visual objects, in close dialogue with the visual universe of Jenny Victoire Charreton. Together, they claim the shared territory of fairy-tale imagery to tell their stories and imagine possible futures. Daphné is also a performer in her own right: present on stage, inhabiting the objects she has created. She is further responsible for the adaptation into French Sign Language (LSF), a dimension integrated into the creation from the outset rather than added afterwards.

Collectif offense

Founded in 2018 in Toulouse, Collectif offense brings together artists from circus, theatre, music, performance, illustration, and literature. Trained at ENSATT, Le Lido, the CRR de Lyon, or self-taught, they share a commitment to experimenting with collective, transdisciplinary creation and to developing narratives rooted in their own lived realities.

Since 2020, the collective has been working on Anatomie du départ, a body of work built around departures with no return—moving house, breakups, bereavement, transitions, ageing. Polymorphic performances, shows, exhibitions, and collective experiences: multiple attempts at being together, always searching for the most fitting medium to tell these stories.