honorable mention
Lucas Dragone belgium
title
Faces Of Violence
The project is done in collaboration with Braseap-Cap Info asbl, a non-profit training center, and Barbiana asbl, a theater company.
Braseap-Cap Info aims at developing and reintegrating people into society while giving an important role to artistic workshops. Barbiana uses theater, art and freedom of speech with the same purpose.
Our close relationship led to the “Faces Of Violence” project.
Several women coming from different horizons accepted to be photographed and filmed, giving an intimate vision of their living conditions, their stories, their everyday fights.
All these photos and videos testimonies were brought into a wider picture, becoming the basis of reflection and work that included drawings, poetry, debates, music.
The project is in constant evolution, it went out of the frame of the starting theme, It became an ode to all women and the constant fight for their rights in all aspects.
The portraits of women’s back tend to symbolize the anonymity but it works also as a symbol of forgiveness, with regard to their past.
It is, in my opinion, a way to say no to violence, and to propose metaphorically to turn one's back on it.
Also, it is there to concretely picture the weight these women had to carry on their shoulders.
That body that is a recorder… That body that remembers… I had to find a simple way… Almost anthropologic…
Most of the time I search for something beyond the eye contact, a fissure somewhere, without being intrusive, without being too direct.
I did not want to be too literal, the intention was more to propose a way between reality and imagination, proposing a space for reflection to any individual watching the photos...
Born in Belgium to parents with a strong sense of cultural and social commitment, he spends his childhood steeped in an environment that explored the most varied forms of creativity, in line with a particularly difficult local situation.
He studied at the Lassaad international school of theater and worked with the Compagnie Barbiana in Belgium; performing directing and teaching. He also explored theater in Italy and Brazil. After a few years he decided to switch from theater to visual-arts and music as a means to express his creativity. He became Looka Loopa making music videos, documentaries, short films and visual experiments, all inspired by his sincere outlook on life. Giving as much importance to the people and situations filmed as to the style.
In the past few years, he initiated a project of documenting and capturing various forms of theaters from Asia and around the World through his camera. By doing this, Looka hopes to contribute to the documentation of theatre forms, to try and depict the transmission of this cultural patrimony to the next generations by witnessing and photographing the work of Masters, the craftsmanship of the Creators, enter the world of Actors, Artists and Director from preparation to the performance.
Rather than a quest for exoticism., it's an archival work to reflect a diversity that may disappear.
In parallel with his photographic works, Looka is also directing film documentaries around the world.
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entry description
The starting point of the project was « violence against women » from physical to subtil psychological violence.The project is done in collaboration with Braseap-Cap Info asbl, a non-profit training center, and Barbiana asbl, a theater company.
Braseap-Cap Info aims at developing and reintegrating people into society while giving an important role to artistic workshops. Barbiana uses theater, art and freedom of speech with the same purpose.
Our close relationship led to the “Faces Of Violence” project.
Several women coming from different horizons accepted to be photographed and filmed, giving an intimate vision of their living conditions, their stories, their everyday fights.
All these photos and videos testimonies were brought into a wider picture, becoming the basis of reflection and work that included drawings, poetry, debates, music.
The project is in constant evolution, it went out of the frame of the starting theme, It became an ode to all women and the constant fight for their rights in all aspects.
The portraits of women’s back tend to symbolize the anonymity but it works also as a symbol of forgiveness, with regard to their past.
It is, in my opinion, a way to say no to violence, and to propose metaphorically to turn one's back on it.
Also, it is there to concretely picture the weight these women had to carry on their shoulders.
That body that is a recorder… That body that remembers… I had to find a simple way… Almost anthropologic…
Most of the time I search for something beyond the eye contact, a fissure somewhere, without being intrusive, without being too direct.
I did not want to be too literal, the intention was more to propose a way between reality and imagination, proposing a space for reflection to any individual watching the photos...
about the photographer
Lucas Dragone is a visual artist specializing in photography and videography. His work is distinguished by his clear-eyed and innocent portrayal of people and events.Born in Belgium to parents with a strong sense of cultural and social commitment, he spends his childhood steeped in an environment that explored the most varied forms of creativity, in line with a particularly difficult local situation.
He studied at the Lassaad international school of theater and worked with the Compagnie Barbiana in Belgium; performing directing and teaching. He also explored theater in Italy and Brazil. After a few years he decided to switch from theater to visual-arts and music as a means to express his creativity. He became Looka Loopa making music videos, documentaries, short films and visual experiments, all inspired by his sincere outlook on life. Giving as much importance to the people and situations filmed as to the style.
In the past few years, he initiated a project of documenting and capturing various forms of theaters from Asia and around the World through his camera. By doing this, Looka hopes to contribute to the documentation of theatre forms, to try and depict the transmission of this cultural patrimony to the next generations by witnessing and photographing the work of Masters, the craftsmanship of the Creators, enter the world of Actors, Artists and Director from preparation to the performance.
Rather than a quest for exoticism., it's an archival work to reflect a diversity that may disappear.
In parallel with his photographic works, Looka is also directing film documentaries around the world.
back to gallery