Françoise Janicot

RENDEZ-VOUS

One of the first and probably the largest "Xerox-Books". 15 full page photographs realized in xerography. Concept: Guy Schraenen, 1973.  45 x 58 cm, 45 copies, of which only 20 could be realized, numbered and signed.

ENCOCONNAGE

Photo book including 92 photographies of Françoise Janicot's performance on the poem Encoconnage Passe-Partout n° 9 by Bernard Heidsieck. Version 1 and 3 of the poem are offered on a 30 cm record included in the book. Photographies and design: Guy Schraenen, 1974.  31 x 31 cm, 480 copies, numbered and signed. Special edition: 20 copies with a photo collage by Françoise Janicot, numbered and signed.  

Françoise Janicot portrays the confinement of women and their self-liberation. In an interview with Fabienne Dumont she states: "L'Encoconnage was an expression of the state I was in, i.e. tied up in my work as an artist, by the impossibility of being in communication. I had to show that I was tied up, completely caught up in existence, that it wasn't possible." For her it was "the need for a strong image to get out of the difficult situation of being an artist, mother and wife at that time".

"Encoconnage" was presented in 2014 in the exhibition "Open Book. Artists' Books and Photography" at the photo fair "Paris Photo" together with a film on the photo book.