Chloé Azzopardi

b. 1994 France
Based in L’Île-Saint-Denis (France)

‘I work on issues relating to the future and the ways in which we, as a society and as individuals, project ourselves into it. My projects are often about imagination, desire, ecology, and new technologies, with sensoriality and tenderness playing an important role in my practice. 

‘Non-technological devices’ are composite tools made from gleaned natural elements, assembled to mimic the technological devices that populate our daily lives. Between rudimentary productions and science-fiction creations, these objects are as much prolongations of bodies as they are hindrances. Associated with invented artifacts whose use remains to be discovered, together they create a fictional universe that functions as a mirror held up to our fantasies of the future.’ 

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Images: Chloé Azzopardi, Untitled, 2023, from the series Non-Technological Devices © Chloé Azzopardi 

Bringing together 66 artists from across the world, Photo Elysée celebrates emerging talent with the touring exhibition Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze. As media partner, 1000 Words is featuring the work and accompanying texts of all participating artists in our weekly column dedicated to new voices in contemporary photography.