Located in the old village of Mougins’ former presbytery, the very new Center of Photography is devoted to still and moving image. It aims at supporting contemporary photography in all its diversity, organising artist residencies, and offering educational activities.
Located in the old village of Mougins’ former presbytery, the very new Center of Photography is devoted to still and moving image. It aims at supporting contemporary photography in all its diversity, organising artist residencies, and offering educational activities.
A barrier stands at the border between the United States and Mexico, a sinister defensive wall known to all. It alone embodies all walls, all refusals of the other. In Amexica, photography is a battleground, a fight between communities, cultures, countries, and, above all, a merciless struggle taking place between individuals and between genders. In a photographic series dedicated to the representation of the apocalyptic reality at the Mexico–US border, Marie Baronnet doesn’t leave anything hidden. Through her use of strong, often contrasting colour, combined with a dusky tonality, she draws out the nature of a conflict that rips apart communities in which the differences between contradictory aspirations are irreconcilable.
Amexica, Documentary, 2020
95’, digital, color, VOSTFR
Director: Marie Baronnet
Coproduction: Raoul Peck and Rémi Grellety (Velvet Film) – Arte France
Original music: Marc Ribot
Curators: François Cheval and Yasmine Chemali
Centre de la photographie
43, rue de l’Église
06250 Mougins
+33 (0)4 22 21 52 12
www.centrephotographiemougins.com
Opening periods:
From April to September :
Wednesday through Monday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
From October to March :
Wednesday through Sunday, 1-6 p.m.
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