Who is Honorine Platzer?

Honorine Platzer is the name of the woman portrayed by the famous artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, disabled himself, in his painting "Woman in Monsieur Forest's Garden" which belongs now to the "Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation". All we know about this woman is her name. Who is she?

The inclusive art groups of ARTOGETHER, each one with their artistic language, are invited to answer this question, to interpret the artwork with their own eyes and to make new stories inspired by it.

The Movement Improvisation Group was inspired by the vivid contrast of the painting's warm and cold colours. Starting with this idea the group experimented with the idea of contrasts and dipoles.

The Drama Playgroup shared their emotions and thoughts that the portrait provoked and they imagined the life of the depicted woman: who is she, what happened before and after the exact moment that is captured in the artwork? Then they experimented with postures connected to the portrait and inspired by their sentiments and their thoughts.

The Visual Art Group studied the visual elements of the artwork and created copies in numerous techniques and materials in order to better understand the painter. Based on their studies they created the 3D sceneries.

The members of the Music-Τheatre Group wrote collectively a fiction scenario inspired by the painting and the life of the painter. They tried to answer questions, such as who is the woman depicted and which is the relationship between her and the artist. The whole play of this group is presented in a separated video, but in the proposed video we glance at some excerpts.

The video presents the dialogue between the art groups and the portrait as well between the different forms of art. A dialogue, which proves that everybody with no exceptions can enjoy and create art, as long as they are given the opportunity to personally and freely relate to it.

The project is under by the auspices and with the financial support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.