SHOES 03: Louise Bourgeois' High Heels / Lia Mazzari & Zara Joan Miller / 29.05.22

Inspired by female cats in heat, High Heels is the name Louise Bourgeois’ gave to her armless creation, bent over with its arse in the air, high heels fixed to its feet. SHOES 03 imagines the sounds the wearer of these steel heels would make. From Yoko Ono’s scream to Dolly Parton’s declaration of love, we hear resounding pleasure and pain. In the pursuit of fashion and femininity, we hear from the woman who broke both her feet and how, post-pandemic, the high heel has made a comeback.