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blue and black
la cité des bulles 2
Sun-printed cyanotypes and tin-can pinhole photos, hung under the arcades of the Cité Champagne.
“We wanted to show everyday life, nature in the city, the trees,” writes the town-center group. The exhibition “extension sauvage · la cité des bulles 2” opened on September 30, 2023 at the Colporteur, under the arcades of the Cité Champagne, then on October 21 at the Musée Sauvage.
Under the arcades of the Cité Champagne, the large cyanotypes, the framed pinhole photographs and the sheets of negatives were hung along the walkways. On opening day, everyone came to show their own picture.
- where
- Cité Champagne, Argenteuil, then the Musée Sauvage
- when
- September 30, 2023
- what
- The exhibition “extension sauvage,” under the arcades of the Cité Champagne, then at the Musée Sauvage.
- with
- Le Colporteur, Le Valdocco, Centre aéré Georges Lapierre, Musée Sauvage
blue and black
the prints, group by group
the large prints
the pinhole photos
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at the valdocco
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Bouly dans le bloc
Pinhole photograph.
le refuge de la pluie
Pinhole photograph.
Pinhole photograph.
l’équipe
Pinhole photograph and archive photograph.
les moutons de la nuit de la cité
Pinhole photographs and archive photograph.
sans titre
Collage on an archive photograph.
at the musée sauvage
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en attente du bus
Cyanotype by Mohamed.
la gare et le TER
Cyanotype by Mohamed.
taxi
Cyanotype by Mohamed.
un arrosoir
Cyanotype by Manel.
le camping-car
Cyanotype by Hana.
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les arbres
Cyanotype by Hana.
paradis des fruits
“I see watermelons, lots of apples, peaches and flat peaches. If you turn the watermelons over, they turn into hearts. They're near Argenteuil station.” Cyanotype by Aylal.
tsunami de plantes
Cyanotype by Aylal.
la nudité de la vue
Cyanotype by Jade.
300 fonds en un
Cyanotype by Jade.
le vélo cassé
Cyanotype by Akram.
jurassic world
Cyanotype by Yanis.
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les colonnes
Cyanotype by a youth worker.
le départ
Cyanotype by a youth worker.
les grosses têtes
l’aventurier
le conducteur en attente
the prints
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the town center
nature in the city
At the Musée Sauvage, the group photographed their town center digitally, made negatives from the pictures, then cyanotypes: Hana's trees, Aylal's fruit, Mohamed's station, Akram's broken bike.
“In the town center, there's a market called Héloïse, a park with lots of dogs, the neighborhood center where the youth workers are really nice.”
“There's the Musée Sauvage, the esplanade and the riverbanks, the town hall, the archives, the cinema, the Figuier blanc, the schools, the station and the Seine.”
“We like the neighborhood center, the Musée Sauvage, the cinema. We don't like the noise, the run-down buildings.”
excerpts from the text written together at the Musée Sauvage
pinhole photographs, cyanotypes and titles: the participants in the workshops at the Colporteur, the Valdocco and the Musée Sauvage, with Julie Rochereau
for real, on site
Photos of the installation, in the order of the visit.
