Restricted places and zones temporarily occupied because of social upheaval or exile, are at the heart of Elisa Larvego’s artistic research.  Since 2016, she has been documenting the relationship between exiles and the volunteers who, by their work and their presence, try to offer an appropriate reception.  This exhibition presents Elisa Larvego’s photographic account of the Calais ‘jungle’, the Maurice-Scève squat in Lyon and the refuge at Briançon which lies at the foot of Montgenèvre, a dangerous high passage on the trail between Italy and France.  Original video and audio installations round off the exhibition by giving the floor to refugees as well as to the helpers at Calais and Briançon.  The artist’s personal gaze offers a portrait which combines documentary and imagination about a  reality on the fringes of our society. 

24 September – 12 November 2023