La Vie en Rose

In a small house by the Mediterranean sea in Spain, with the sound of the crickets as a background, the artist in deep crisis expresses her extreme despair and self-loath to the camera. The emotion evolves into a sense of void which helps her reach inner peace. Nuñez is interested in using her own real emotions and pain to produce artworks which will stimulate the viewer to mirror himself in her. What do we do in front of others' pain? We escape by giving advice or protection, or we directly reject it for fear of it being contagious? The expression of pain is one of today's most uncomfortable taboos.

This video is part of La Vie en Rose: lavierose.eu, an ongoing project by Cristina Nuñez with the real objective of finding her ideal partner. Instead of concentrating on her qualities, in her search the artist reveals her defects and weaknesses, in a temporal and geographical journey, both intimate and public, in constant relation to the crucial moments of her life.

One of the principles of her autobiographical work is the therapeutic research of salvation and redemption as an inner preparation for love. She expresses her most extreme emotions, shows off her most dramatic, pathetic and vulnerable aspects, stresses what most of people try to hide. Thus she becomes a speaker for others, for the public to recognize, identify and mirror themselves, in order to sublimate pain and anger.

La Vie en Rose is a series of videos, a chain of actions which will happen in public space, and a web platform documenting the whole process. Throughout the web platform the audience will be given the opportunity to interact and be engaged in the project.