To Whom it May Concern, There Will Be Tears in My Hennessy (Ch. III) (2023–) is a continuously evolving video installation offering a reflection on processes of grief, transformation and childhood. Installed monumentally on a suspended axis, the film screen is surrounded by a perimeter of sculptures where digitally rendered 3D imagery meets dystopian worldbuilding. A vaguely Gothic universe seems to have been derived from the video games and online subcultures of the 1990s and early 2000s.
To Whom it May Concern, There Will Be Tears in My Hennessy was inspired by and is dedicated to the artist’s deceased sister, Cécile Fauroux. Drawing from memories shared between the artist and her sister, the piece provides a psychogeography of mourning and fantasy, while meditating tragically on what could have been: a sphere of potentiality and creativity inspired by Cécile’s drawings and photographs.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Lou Fauroux (b. 1998, Mulhouse) lives and works in Seine-Saint-Denis. Using video, sculpture, installation and 3D animation, she fluidly interrogates the ethical issues surrounding artificial intelligence and the influence of advanced technology on humans, looking to decipher the social structures of power inherent in pop culture and media, including music and video games. Incorporating her queer experience into multiple layers of narrative and representation, she poetically re-appropriates the images with which she grew up to construct new mythologies. Her solo exhibitions include The green lights have now faded, Exo Exo booth, Art Basel, Paris (2024); K-Detox, Grand Palais, Paris (2024); WhatRemains, La Galerie du Crous de Paris (2023). She has also been part of the group exhibitions explicite lyrique (explicit lyrical), Galerie Marcelle Alix, Paris (2025); Friche #3, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2024); Tous les jours, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris (2023).
EXHIBITED WORKS
Lou Fauroux (b. 1998)
To Whom It May Concern, There Will Be Tears in My Hennessy (Chapter III), 2023–
3-channel 3D rendered animation, 16:9, colour, 39:06 min, stereo
Inserts of photographs, paintings, and drawings by Cécile Fauroux
Courtesy of the artist and Exo Exo
Credits:
Photography, paintings and drawings (inserts):Cécile Fauroux
Additional cinematics:Justine Adnet
Thanks:FÆRIES RECORDS
Supported byPalais de Tokyo, FoRTE Δle-de-France, Orphée Films
In the memory ofCécile Fauroux
Music and sound extracts from films (samples):
The Fray – ‘How to Save a Life’, Malibu – ‘One (Estoc - How to Save One Life)’, True Detective, The Lovely Bones, Never Let Me Go, Mr.-Nobody, Mark Isham – ‘Luck Dries Up’ (Togo), PNL – ‘À l’ammoniaque’, Mica Levi – ‘Love’ (Under The Skin), Marc Chouarain – ‘Respire (Respire)’, Cliff Martinez – ‘High Priestess of Death’ (Too Old to Die Young), John Murphy – ‘In the House, In a heartbeat’ (28 Days Later), Low Shoulder – ‘Through the Trees’ (Jennifer’s Body), Brann – ‘Joa - God Yu Tekem Laef (Blong Mi)’ (Mr. Nobody), Rachel Portman – ‘We All Complete’ (Never Let Me Go), Fetva - (The Weekend – ‘Blinding Lights’), The L Word Season 3, ‘You Are My Sunshine’ (The L Word)
Lou Fauroux (b. 1998)
The green lights have now faded, 2024
PLA, PETG, resin, epoxy resin, glass, plastic, metal, 3D print
Variable dimensions
All works courtesy of the artist and Exo Exo
