Heart-shaped potatoes left in a shrine outside Agnès Varda’s Paris home

"Varda’s refusal to be limited in her life and work as a woman influenced her love of the potato. During a talk at the French Institute in New York in 2017, she told fans she saw herself “as a heart-shaped potato – growing again“, in reference to her return to film. Varda explored her longtime fascination with tubers in her 2000 documentary The Gleaners and I. Fully embracing the theme, she dressed up as a potato to celebrate the presentation of her immersive art installation “Patatutopia” at the 2003 Venice Biennale. The project was built using 700 pounds of tubers."