In response, the mirror reflected this truth: "Your power is your worst enemy. You know this well, you who speak of dʼanthropocene to denounce your calamitous impacts. "To ward off this state of affairs, a painter named Damien Deroubaix called upon the wisdom of animals, zoomorphic amulets from ancient times, and the powers of paint. Annabelle Gugnon has written A Contemporary Tale and delivers a unique reading of it while illustrating it with paintings by Damien Deroubaix, with whom she dialogues at the conclusion of the reading. 

Annabelle Gugnon is an art critic and author. She recently presented the work of Alice Anderson (nominated for the 2020 Marcel Duchamp Prize) at the Centre Pompidou. She is a regular contributor to Art Press and Connaissance des Arts. She is a member of the Société des Gens de Lettres and a member of the Freudian Psychoanalytic Society.