On the occasion of his 40th birthday, The National School of Photography of Arles Coproduced with the Marseille photographic center an exhibition of four artists, formerly graduated, Having worked around the city of Los Angeles.
Four artists gathered around a question: How Los Angeles shows himself as a generic model of contemporary society?
And how are the forms of the city and what is being built there serve as a prototype for the organization of the post-industrial world?
Abandoning Hollywood folklore and the fantasy of sunny California, They endeavor to understand what is made in the laboratories, On motorway exchangers, Behind the facades and in the canyons surrounding the city.
With the lesson learned in Las Vegas by Venturi and Scott Brown, Olivier Cablat explores the vernacular architecture of Los Angeles. In the inventory of its decorated buildings, He draws the idea of ​​a show of architecture.
François Bellabas breaks down the city and its infrastructure into an infinite traffic system. A city model that echoes the Metropolis of Chris Burden, Abstract space of a perpetual automotive movement.
Marina Gadonneix explores the technical history of California, Aeronautical industry laboratory. In its enigmatic interiors, She lets guess how the image is also an instrument for the conquest of space.
The catastrophe that continues to be the horizon of the world outcrops in the visual compositions of Nicolas Giraud. The giant fires ravaging California also serve as models to a world on the breach.
The confrontation of these four looks is an attempt to understand that she can be the lesson of Los Angeles, Faced with the current challenges of our societies.
In co -production with the National School of Arles Photography, In partnership with the National School of Architecture of Marseille and as part of the Photo Festival