
Whileweareallconfrontedwithourbody’slimitationssoonerorlater,ZoéChantrehasmoretocontendwiththanmost,havingbeendiagnosedwithscoliosis,theabnormalcurvatureofthespine,asachild.HerresultantsenseofcorporealdisassociationformsthecruxofTIENSMOIDROITE,ascrapbook-likeaudiovisualdiaryofhersearchtofindwordstofithersymptomsandvisualexpressionforhercondition.Proceedingchronologicallyfromherdiagnosis,Chantreplayfullysplicestogetherpencilsketchesofbodiesandbodyparts,medicaldiagramsandimagesandfilmfootagetocreatearichseamofvisual,linguisticandsonicassociations.Herspinebecomesawhirlwind,theColonnedeJuilletorastaircase,towersofcomputerharddisksreplacethehardintervertebraldiscsshelacksinherback,andthesensationofbeingsqueezedtogetherlikeanaccordionistakenupbyaccordionmusiconthesoundtrack.Asherfocusgentlybroadenstoexplorethephysicalchallengesfacedbythosearoundher,herchainsofassociationeventuallyleadtoacceptanceandevenloveforhertwistedspine:therealisationthat,despiteourphysicalimperfections,weallstillendupgettingby.
