About thirty artists participate in the exhibition organized to pay a robotic arm to Johann Chaulet, suffering from a muscular dystrophy, and himself an artist.
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Deborah Da Cunha / Broken Arms
“We thought we could also have called the exhibition 'No arms, no chocolate'.
In the end, we chose "Bras cassés" because it is about paying me an arm and because artists have a crazy side ”.
Johann Chaulet, nailed to an armchair since he was 11, has lost the use of his arms, but his myopathy is far from having deprived him of his humor.
Surrounded by around thirty artists, including renowned graffiti artists, he is organizing an exhibition starting this Friday evening and throughout the weekend at the Vannerie * waste land in Toulouse.
About fifty works will be sold and the profits will be used to pay for part of the robotic arm which should allow this 39-year-old sociological researcher to regain a little autonomy.
“My disease is progressive, thanks to this arm I will be able to do things that I could no longer do.
I am a photographer and for twenty years I no longer have strength for my arms, I take my photos at hip height, there I can do like everyone else at eye level ”, explains Johann.
He hopes that the works sold between 100 and 700 euros by Miss Kat, Tilt, Tober, Der or Ceet will allow him to have part of the 15,000 euros that he lacks today.
It was this last artist, met in Marrakech during the February holidays, who enabled him to make his project a reality by making his address book available.
And for those who would not have the opportunity to go there, a leetchi kitty has been set up to afford this arm which costs… An arm.
* 1 bis Chemin Neuf.
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