Raphaëlle Mueller
Born in
Lives and works in Geneva
As an artist and researcher who trained in photography and critical studies, Raphaëlle Mueller approaches her work in a multidisciplinary manner. While she does pay particular attention to images and to the way they are produced in regards to their (post)photographic uses, she also produces performance art, films, videos and lectures.
The original format of her exhibitions proposes accounts of long-term experiences and research. They also often come in an evolving format. Her research lies within the scope of ecofeminist thinking and make use of forensic analysis (field studies, data analysing, statistics, etc.), which she applies to artistic methods and experiments that she develops in collaboration with researchers, biologists, performers and biohackers. Her work focuses on environmental issues (mainly the toxification of water and soil by the military-industrial complex), non-human agency and ecosystemic and social resilience processes.
Raphaëlle Mueller also works with unusual living materials (Exogenesis, 2019-2021), synthetic molecules (Chemical Charm, 2018) and toxic substances (T(t)erraforming, 2018). By questioning production systems, avoiding the creation of new objects whenever possible and encouraging recycling, she invites us to reflect on topics that resonate with the ethics of care (Perspectives on post-capitalist thinking/being, 2021).
At the heart of Raphaëlle Mueller’s artistic experiments lie approaches that denounce the exploitation and commodification of vulnerabilities and invite us to rethink power dynamics between living beings.
Text by Sara Petrucci