The Eyes #6
the eyes #6
Matters of territories
For this spring/summer issue, The Eyes has decided change tack. We have chosen to reflect on the notion of territory. Whether geographical, political, legal, cultural or mental, it is consistently subject to friction, even conflict. Think of the refugee crisis and the reaction it elicited: barriers being erected along the borders of a number of Member States.
And yet, territories are not fixed, even if some would prefer otherwise. We have learned from history and geography that it evolves with the action of men and nature. So how can such a shifting concept be captured photographically? One option was to ask photographers directly. We thus sent out a call for proposals to address territorial issues. We received 250 portfolios from all over Europe, and we would like to thank every participant for their contribution.
Various persons were then invited by the editorial com- mittee to assess the different issues: Diane Dufour, director of Le Bal; Christine Ollier, art director at Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire; Susan Bright, curator and author of several books on photography; Aurélien Valette, from Rencontres d’Arles; and Nicolò Conti, from the Jacques Delors Institute. We would like to give them our warm thanks. The 10 selected portfolios are presented in these pages.
Meanwhile, we also asked three very different persons – Michel Barnier, member of the European parliament; Arnaud Claass, photographer and photo- graphy theoretician; and Velibor Čolić, Bosnian writer and political refugee in France – to contribute their reflections on the notion of territory.
From documentary art to staging, via the postcard industry, the theme of territory brought together an extraordinarily diverse selection of works and perspectives.
SUMMARY
PORTFOLIOMaydan, One hundred portraits by Emeric Lhuisset
SNEAK PEEKAnaïs Boudot W.G. Sebald Extermination et Love Uroš Abram
DOSSIER MATTERS OF TERRITORIESYou and me Katja Stuke & Oliver Siebe
Nimby, Not in my back yard Geoffroy Mathieu & Jordi Ballesta
The unfinished Julien Lombardi
Sudeten impotence Philippe Dollo
25 lemon trees, and no gardeners Klara Källström & Thobias Fäldt
| USE, United States of Europe Jean-Marie Donat
Nación Rotonda Miguel Álvarez, Esteban García, Rafael Trapiello & Guillermo Trapiello
The Maginot line Alexandre Guirkinger
Dievs Daba Darbs Viktorija Eksta
You speak of Territory, and I say between Velibor Čolic
Les territoires sont une chance Entretien avec Michel Barnier
European legends Arnaud Claass
| BIBLIOMANIAConversation with Joan Fontcuberta by Rémi Coignet
Reviews Collections préhistoriques L’Artière Collection Ceremony AKB 80’s
Interview Melos, A European odyssey by Guillaume Lebrun |
CONTRIBUToRS
Michel Barnier Special Adviser to the European Commission and former European Deputy and Foreign Affairs Minister.
Arnaud Claass Born in Paris in 1949, Arnaud Claass is a French photographer and photography theorist.
Velibor Čolić Velibor Čolić was born in 1964 in Bosnia. A refugee in France since 1992, he now lives in Brittany. He has published with Éditions Gallimard Sarajevo Omnibus (Coll. Blanche) in 2012 and Ederlezi (Coll. Blanche (2014).
Marc Feustel Marc Feustel is an independent curator, writer and editor.
Jeffrey Ladd Photographer and author, based in Köln. | Russet Ledermen A graduate from the New York School of Visual Arts, she cofounded 10 x 10 Photobooks.
Charlotte Pons Author and independent journalist specializing in culture, literature and society.
Gisèle Tavernier Journalist specializing in photography and the art market. She likes to scout the world for new talents.
Laurence Vecten Photo editor for the press, she founded her own publishing house Lozenup in 2007. |