Organized in the heart of Paris, in the emblematic district of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, PhotoSaintGermain is an annual festival aimed at promoting photographic creation, led by Aurélia offers a...
Material Histories
In partnership with PhotoSaintGermain, the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris and the École nationale supérieure de la Photographie d'Arles continue their collaboration, joining forces once again to organize an exhibition entitled Material Histories. Photography is intimately linked to a material history, dependent on the extraction of minerals (from the silver of the medium's beginnings to the rare earths of Inner Mongolia today). Building on the question of extractivist legacies that runs through research at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, this exhibition takes the materiality of the image as its starting point, seeking out, beneath the surface, the underground histories bound up with it. In doing so, it touches on the modes of production of a work, on an archaeological approach to media as much as an ecological and postcolonial one. It opens itself to both experimental and documentary forms. Working the material, extracting resources or data, unearthing histories, and bringing hidden areas to light are all avenues to explore.
École nationale supérieure de la Photographie d'Arles:
Aida Lechugo, Eliot Stein, Gabrielle Lubliner, Guillaume Chevalier Fustec, Lila Niel, Luka Perkins Petit, Melina Rard, Susanna de Vido, Adrien Limousin, Pol Gallo, Marion Hamiez, Calista Bizzari Malou, Teeradon Thongsaard
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris:
Augustin Decarsin, Josefa Caruz Clement, Joseph Rozé – Atelier Burki, Juliette Barthe, Mona Tchepiega, Nathan Galli, Nazanin Pirmohammadizadeh, Rachel Borenzstein, William Basseux, Mattéo Sita, Yijia Liu (Ika Ryu), Leonard Berthou, Clarisse Pillard, Amalia Kalifa, Lena Druhles
This exhibition is part of the PhotoSaintGermain festival. Held in the heart of Paris, in the iconic Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, PhotoSaintGermain is an annual festival dedicated to promoting photographic creation.
PhotoSaintGermain offers a free, open-access trail of exhibitions across a selection of museums, cultural centers, galleries, and bookshops on the Left Bank. This trail showcases a sharp and eclectic program curated by the partner galleries, alongside several original exhibitions and unpublished projects designed and produced by the festival.
PhotoSaintGermain offers a free, open-access trail of exhibitions across a selection of museums, cultural centers, galleries, and bookshops on the Left Bank. This trail showcases a sharp and eclectic program curated by the partner galleries, alongside several original exhibitions and unpublished projects designed and produced by the festival.
