"Lyon - If I were your mirror"
Elodie Lefebvre

The exhibition Lyon - If I were your mirror is a highlight of a three-year artistic residency at the Hospices Civils de Lyon. Led by artist Élodie Lefebvre, the project was developed within palliative care units, bringing together patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals through a shared creative process.

From a simple and essential question “What is your wish?” the artist invited each participant to imagine an artistic proposal and contribute to a collective cinematic work. This process brought out unique stories, memories, desires and human connections, revealing the richness of lived experiences and the present moment.

Designed as an archive exhibition, If I were your irror presents the films created as well as the sensitive traces of the creative process: drawings, texts, objects, fragments of exchanges and workshop elements. These testimonies reveal the encounters that shaped the project.

« If I were your mirror » is a sensitive, illuminating and universal work that invites us to rethink our relationship with death. Without denying its gravity, it makes room for desire, opening a space for hope.