LA VIE IS LIKE THAT A6 Her focus is on symbolism

Her focus is on symbolism as a meaning of communication in various groups and (sub)cultures

Ce livre adopte une double narration

Van de Ven connects these figures with historical stories

La série confronte l’iconographie commerciale à celle des reportages pour proposer une réflexion sur la duplicité de la pratique photographique et l’influence de la publicité sur notre imaginaire collectif

les êtres restent impuissants à s’exprimer

LA VIE IS LIKE THAT A6 Her focus is on symbolismLa vie is like that explores memory and forgetting, language acquisition and loss, migration, love, grief, family, and identity. The impetus for the work began as Duzant was learning a language whilst her father, recently diagnosed with dementia, began forgetting his own. Structured as an alphabet learning book (A is for), also known as a primer, La vie is like that is composed of short passages of writing formed from a non chronological narrative