A TRAVERS LES MAROLLES

Une commande de la ville de Bruxelles (2023-2024)

Child in a white dress with butterfly patterns, wearing a white sun hat, is kneeling on a yellow and black doormat on cobblestone street, hugging a large plush white unicorn with pink accents and big eyes.

Dix mois d'immersion dans les Marolles, quartier emblématique de Bruxelles.

Un travail photographique et narratif où je me place non pas en observatrice détachée mais en personnage à part entière de l'enquête.

Ce que je ressens, ce qui me surprend, ce qui m'émeut, nourrit le récit au même titre que les voix que je recueille.

Four teenagers walk along a street in an urban area with cars parked on the side. The street is lined with buildings, shops, and signs, some with awnings.
Black and white photo of a narrow aisle between tall shelves filled with files or binders, with a ladder in the background near a window.
A young child sitting in a wooden toy car, looking away. Sunlight casts shadows in the room, with some furniture and toys visible.
A modern bedroom with a large glass window overlooking city buildings. The bed has black and white bedding and pillows. There is a black leather chair, a small round table with a water bottle, and a balcony with a railing and some equipment outside.
Team of surgeons performing an operation in an operating room with surgical lights overhead and medical equipment surrounding them.

EXPOSITION

People standing in line in an art gallery, looking at artwork on the walls and a large painting or photograph in the background.
A woman and a young girl looking at an image of the back of a person wearing surgical scrubs and a cap in a museum or gallery setting.

L'enquête a donné lieu à une solo exposition au Mont-de-Piété, lieu patrimonial situé au cœur même des Marolles.

Photographies argentiques, récits d'immersion et objets collectés au fil des rencontres : trois matières mêlées pour restituer non pas une image du quartier, mais le coeur de sa singularité.

scénographie : Louis Luyten

Indoor room with large window, blue wheelbarrow filled with dirt, and boxes on the floor. Part of a curtain on the left and a brick wall on the right are visible.

crédit photos : Matthieu Labey

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