This simulator puts you in the role of a woman being harassed on the street

Nathalie Erin, Frédéric Durieu and Gilles de Boncourt, three artists, have imagined a rather special simulator. male poetry, to be discovered until Friday at the Pagézy room, in Montpellier (Hérault), allows you to put yourself in the shoes of a woman harassed by men, on the street. We enter a large tunnel, plunged into darkness, and undergo abject observations for long minutes.

To add a little more oppression to the experience, thanks to motion sensors, the stalkers never let go when we move around the room.

“The bet is winning”

“Young people tell us ‘It’s crazy, I was doing it for fun, I didn’t know it hurt. I felt bad inside and I don’t want to be part of this group. “, observes Gilles de Boncourt, one of the artists behind the project. The bet is successful. “As for the women, many come out of the simulator ‘shocked’, notes the artist.

And nothing is exaggerated, in this tunnel where the worst follies are heard, he entrusts a young woman who has just attempted the experiment. “Unfortunately, this is a reflection of [ce que subit] most women, it’s a daily reality,” she complains. The installation, unveiled for the first time in France in the capital of the Hérault, will now begin a tour throughout Europe, hoping to raise awareness.

Free. Registrations here.