Drawing inspiration from the banality of everyday life, science, motherhood, as well as poetry, literature, film, music, and social media, Camille Henrot’s practice encompasses a diverse range of mediums from drawing to installation, and delves into the complexities of existence in our increasingly connected and over-stimulated world.

Grosse Fatigue, one of Henrot’s most groundbreaking pieces, was awarded the Silver Lion at the 2013 Venice Biennial. Made in the context of Henrot’s Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship in 2012, the film critiques the universalist ambition to represent the totality of the world, a guiding principle that underpins many museum collections.

Incorporating various symbols like the egg and the circle, the film delves into the mythological and scientific strategies that various cultures have employed to tell the story of the beginning of the universe. Within the struggle to embrace such a large idea as ‘the beginning’, the film leans into a sense of helplessness and neurosis that is characteristic of a contemporary culture inundated with information and images. Footages filmed at the Smithsonian collections appear within various computer desktop windows, each with their own frame of reference, drawing a parallel between museums’ obsessive drive to acquire with contemporary consumer culture.

Camille Henrot's works are included in numerous public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Notable exhibitions include her solo shows at the Palais de Tokyo, the New Museum, and many others.