Edition 2022

as part of the Louis Roederer Discovery Award
PRESENTED BY
JULIO, PARIS, FRANCE

CELESTE LEEUWENBURG

FROM WHAT SHE TOLD ME, AND HOW I FEEL

From what she told me, and how I feel comes of a collaboration between Celeste Leeuwenburg and her mother, visual artist Delia Cancela. After discovering a film in her mother’s library, produced by her in the 1970s, the artist decides to provide the little piece of punk and feminist history with a modern interpretation. Part parade, part performance, part dance, the work was made with a dozen non-professional dancers, among whom Cancela and Leeuwenburg. At stake are the limits of documentary, as are the boundaries between film and photography. The artist-daughter’s gesture confronted with her artist-mother’s legacy considers questions of lineage, navigating between cultural and family heritage. Here, bodies retain family memories, historical awarness, and their multiple interpretations.

Exhibition curator: Taous Dahmani.

Musical composition : Chloé Thévenin 

  • Institutional partners

    • République Française
    • Région Provence Alpes Côté d'Azur
    • Département des Bouches du Rhône
    • Arles
    • Le Centre des monuments nationaux est heureux de soutenir les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles en accueillant des expositions dans l’abbaye de Montmajour
  • Main partners

    • Fondation LUMA
    • BMW
    • SNCF
    • Kering
  • Media partners

    • Arte
    • Lci
    • Konbini
    • Le Point
    • Madame Figaro
    • France Culture