Crossed roots
by Joannie Lafrenière
- Printed in France
* UNE RÉDUCTION DE 15% s'applique aux communes de moins de 5 000 habitants.Contactez-nous pour bénéficier de cette remise.
* POUR TOUTES LES COMMUNES, une réduction de 10% s'applique automatiquement à partir de 3 expositions commandées.
Exhibition available in several formats.
More than a cultural mediation project, the Racines Croisées photographic project was an educational, social, documentary, and artistic laboratory. These images bear witness to the encounter between two generations, two seemingly diametrically opposed life contexts: on the one hand, the elderly of the city of Montreal and, on the other, adolescents aged between 12 and 16, all educated in so-called welcome classes intended for newcomers to Canada.
Through colorful stagings, a sort of photographic haikus, the project participants appropriated the memories of each other, the dreams of others, constructing
bridges and gateways between cultures and identities. The two worlds complemented each other with tenderness, humor, and fantasy, and bonds were forged between generations, as unbreakable as they were unexpected. The collective poetry born of these improbable encounters undoubtedly extends Joannie Lafrenière's unique perspective.
A short film by director Paul Tom documents the progress of the project initiated by Mélissa Lefebvre, a drama teacher at a high school in Montreal, Canada, and implemented by Joannie Lafrenière. The film can be viewed here.
• Outdoors: choose locations where people take a walk and/or where there is a lot of foot traffic: in the centre of the town, near a school, in a public garden or along a walking trail... And if possible, on flat ground!
• Indoors: reception hall, office, waiting room, dining room, meeting room - choose the best-lit space.
CAUTION: If the space where you are displaying the exhibition is slightly damp, we recommend purchasing eight simple frames of the same size (50 x 70 cm) to protect the prints.
The papers we have chosen for printing our exhibitions meet two essential criteria, among others: beautiful colour rendering and durability.
• Exhibitions intended for outdoor display are printed on high-quality 130gsm blue-backed paper.
• For exhibitions intended for indoor display, we have chosen a 550gsm semi-rigid paper to which we attach a simple hanging system. These panels can therefore be hung on a single nail or framed if they are to be displayed in a slightly damp location.
For outdoor displays, our poster formats have been chosen to best suit “election” billboards:
• Large outdoor format (84 x 119 cm) for maximum impact. With one poster per billboard, you will need eight in total.
• Small outdoor format (63 x 93 cm) so that two posters can be placed on the same billboard... meaning you only need to install four billboards.
• Indoor exhibition (50 x 70 cm): 8 prints to hang on 5 linear metres of free wall space.
Full view of the exhibition
