THE WORLD AS IT IS!

THE RENCONTRES D'ARLES AT THE J1 IN MARSEILLE

8 EXHIBITIONS
NOVEMBER 1, 2017 —  JANUARY 7, 2018

FREE ADMISSION

HANGAR J1
QUAI DE LA JOLIETTE, MARSEILLE


The MJ1 and the Rencontres d’Arles are extending the summer with eight free shows at the J1 in Marseille from 1 November 2017 to 7 January 2018.

The more we think countries are closed off and mired in political or economic crises, the more photographers are there. They reveal, tell, attest, invent, repair and rebuild with their own language, that of the image. They decode the early signs of social change.

Come and share this taste for other places at major exhibitions that marked the Rencontres d’Arles this summer with 40 photographers who are wondering about the state of the world.

The World as it is! offers a journey from the shores of the Bosporus to sub-Saharan border areas, from the divided island of Cyprus to a Libya torn between war and refugees. You’ll dive into the watery world of Gideon Mendel; think about the Monsanto case, from climate change to the food crisis, with Mathieu Asselin; see architecture from suburban utopia to the urban sprawl of Ankara. From the local to the global, La Vuelta will take you to the heart of Colombia, where hope is returning after 60 years of armed conflict.

The World as it is! is a radical immersion into the heart of seething, complex geopolitics.


MATHIEU ASSELIN
MONSANTO: A PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION
Investigating a giant multinational that has shaped our world for decades, from Agent Orange to GMOs.
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GIDEON MENDEL
DROWNING WORLD
Submerged portraits of flood victims around the world recall the threat we all face from global warming.
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LA VUELTA
27 COLOMBIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS & ARTISTS
With violence, the city, and identity as a backdrop, 28 traditional or experimental projects reflect cultural, social and political changes in Colombia.
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PHILIPPE DUDOUIT
THE DYNAMICS OF DUST
A long-term photographic survey of sociopolitical changes in the Sahel-Saharan area since 2008.
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MONIQUE DEREGIBUS
LA MAISON CHYPRE
Archeological research as a paradigm of the history of the island of Cyprus.
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SAMUEL GRATACAP
FIFTY-FIFTY (Libya)
Fifty-fifty, life or death: that is what awaits migrants leaving Libya. Can war be dissociated from their fate?
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LEVITT FRANCE

A RESIDENTIAL UTOPIA
When 18,000 mass-produced Levitt houses brought the suburban American Dream to France.
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NORMAN BEHRENDT
BRAVE NEW TURKEY
A photo project documenting recently built neo-Ottoman mosques in Ankara and Istanbul.
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OH ¡ LATINA !
COLOMBIAN STORIES
11 projections offer a map of Colombia in images and music.
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8 EXHIBITIONS
NOVEMBER 1, 2017-JANUARY 7, 2018
FREE ADMISSION

HANGAR j1
quai de la Joliette, 13002 marseille

OPENING DAYS
- outside of school vacations: friday, saturday, sunday
- during school vacations: tuesday to sunday

OPENING DAYS
10 am to 6 pm

PRESS CONTACTS
Agence Accès Presse
Claire Fiori
cfiori@accespresse.fr
+33 (0)6 25 45 87 57

Anne Kramel
akramel@accespress.fr
+33 (0)6 25 45 01 00

  • 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