5 Poems for S. (2026), Jagna Ciuchta with Ketty Steward (Elles saignent)
5 Poems for S. (2026), Jagna Ciuchta with Ketty Steward (Elles saignent)
Meet Ketty Steward, author of the poem Elles saignent [They bleed], displayed on Bétonsalon’s windows until 27 June. The poem is drawn from her science-fiction short story collection Saletés d’hormones et autres complications [Hormonal Messes and Other Complications] published by Éditions Goater.
Elles saignent is the third poem in 5 Poems for S. (2026), a project by Jagna Ciuchta with Noah Truong, Stéphanie Garzanti, Ketty Steward and Léa Cuenin. The poems are successively inscribed in Meudon whitewash on the windows of Bétonsalon’s façade. This series resonates with Sandra Lahire’s exhibition “Overexposed, Like an X-Ray”, whose exhibition design was created by Jagna Ciuchta, and continues the legacy of BONJOURSINOUSDISCUTIONS by Sylvie Fanchon, a site-specific work commissioned and initiated in 2021.
Elles saignent est le troisième poème de 5 poèmes pour S. (2026) de Jagna Ciuchta avec Noah Truong, Stéphanie Garzanti, Ketty Steward et Léa Cuenin, dont les poèmes sont inscrits successivement dans le blanc de Meudon sur les vitres de la façade de Bétonsalon. Cette série entre en résonance avec l’exposition “Surexposée, comme aux rayons X” de Sandra Lahire, dont la scénographie a été réalisée par Jagna Ciuchta, et s’inscrit dans la continuité de BONJOURSINOUSDISCUTIONS de Sylvie Fanchon, oeuvre in situ commandée et initiée en 2021.
Ketty Steward
Ketty Steward is a poet and novelist born in 1976 on the island of Martinique, which she left in 1997. Since 2003, she has published numerous works, including Je ne sais pas appartenir (2006), Noire sur Blanche (2012), Confessions d’une Séancière (2018), and L’Évangile selon Myriam (2021). Driven by a search for the precise word, she favours short forms and has written around fifty short stories and tales, published in collections such as Connexions interrompues, 2011) and Saletés d’hormones et autres complications (2023), as well as in journals including Galaxies, Bifrost and Le Novelliste, and in thematic anthologies published by presses such as La Volte and Malpertuis.
She leads writing workshops for a wide range of audiences and serves as president of the Université de la Pluralité Network, an international association dedicated to exploring alternative imaginaries of the future. Holding degrees in mathematics, labour sciences, first aid, and clinical psychology, she also draws inspiration for her writing from her professional experience in education and from her passion for cooking.
