honorable mention
Michel Kirch france
title
EXILES
The sphere is the geometrical figure which constitutes the physical and aesthetic bond of this work. But also the symbolic link: representing our planet, but also the cycle of life, in its finitude and its infinitude.The intervention of man is harmonious or accidental, creative or destructive. The man paces his land in an illusion of infinity, while he turns in circles without knowing it.
Borders are at the heart of the process : preserving them or transgressing them according to circumstances.
Climate warming, wars, impoverishment, overpopulation, globalization and its perverse effects, access to drinking water, fascination for consumption, everything is in place for a time of instability where migration will take place at an exponential rate. Exiles from the peasants to the cities, from the poor countries to the haves, from desertified lands to those still preserved ... And not the least, the internal exile due to the drying up of centuries-old customs and traditions, and, for the richest , the brutal confrontation with peoples and realities that one would have wished to conceal.
Disasters will call to order and there will be no choice but to adapt.
• Shows in Europe, USA and Asia. (60 shows in 15 countries)
• Represents France at the Alexandria Biennale in 2008.
• The Province of Milan chooses works from his series Climats to accompany a lecture by Edgar Morin and establish a link between Morin’s thinking and art.
• Becomes the first artist to be chosen by the foundation L’Art pour la Conscience, sponsored by Edgar Morin.
• Is chosen two years running (2009, 2010) by Esther Woerdehoff gallery for Paris Photo.
and for MIART and MIA in Milan (2010, 2011).
• Is selected three years running by Mac Paris (2009–2011).
• In 2010 his exhibition TransPhotographies is spotlighted by the City of Marseille.
• Invited by the John McDermott Gallery to the Angkor Foto Festival in 2010.
• Exhibition at Espace Cardin in Paris in december 2011 sponsored by Edgar Morin, with the backing of the ESA
• In June 2012 he is named Intercultural Ambassador by the UNESCO
• Invited by French Embassy in India to exhibit in New Delhi , 2013.
• Invited by UNESCO to exhibit during the Global Conference , 2013.
• Retrospective on various sites in the city of Metz, including the Musée de la Cour d’Or, 2014.
• Shows with Baudoin Lebon gallery at the Art O’Clock fair, Paris, 2013.
• Black and White magazine: Award Winner, Portfolio Contest, 2013.
• Grand Prix Eurazeo for Photography, 2013.
• Publication of the monograph “ “les éveillés”, 2014
• Invited by the Mairie de Paris for “Bridges and Cultures” , 2015
• Winner of the International Competition « Spirit of the Mediterranean », organized by PHOTOMED and LENSCULTURE. 2016
• « Monochrome Photographer of the Year « January 2017 (Monochrome Awards)
• Selected for Festfoto Brazil May 2017
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entry description
The sphere is the geometrical figure which constitutes the physical and aesthetic bond of this work. But also the symbolic link: representing our planet, but also the cycle of life, in its finitude and its infinitude.The intervention of man is harmonious or accidental, creative or destructive. The man paces his land in an illusion of infinity, while he turns in circles without knowing it.
Borders are at the heart of the process : preserving them or transgressing them according to circumstances.
Climate warming, wars, impoverishment, overpopulation, globalization and its perverse effects, access to drinking water, fascination for consumption, everything is in place for a time of instability where migration will take place at an exponential rate. Exiles from the peasants to the cities, from the poor countries to the haves, from desertified lands to those still preserved ... And not the least, the internal exile due to the drying up of centuries-old customs and traditions, and, for the richest , the brutal confrontation with peoples and realities that one would have wished to conceal.
Disasters will call to order and there will be no choice but to adapt.
about the photographer
• Born in France, 1959.• Shows in Europe, USA and Asia. (60 shows in 15 countries)
• Represents France at the Alexandria Biennale in 2008.
• The Province of Milan chooses works from his series Climats to accompany a lecture by Edgar Morin and establish a link between Morin’s thinking and art.
• Becomes the first artist to be chosen by the foundation L’Art pour la Conscience, sponsored by Edgar Morin.
• Is chosen two years running (2009, 2010) by Esther Woerdehoff gallery for Paris Photo.
and for MIART and MIA in Milan (2010, 2011).
• Is selected three years running by Mac Paris (2009–2011).
• In 2010 his exhibition TransPhotographies is spotlighted by the City of Marseille.
• Invited by the John McDermott Gallery to the Angkor Foto Festival in 2010.
• Exhibition at Espace Cardin in Paris in december 2011 sponsored by Edgar Morin, with the backing of the ESA
• In June 2012 he is named Intercultural Ambassador by the UNESCO
• Invited by French Embassy in India to exhibit in New Delhi , 2013.
• Invited by UNESCO to exhibit during the Global Conference , 2013.
• Retrospective on various sites in the city of Metz, including the Musée de la Cour d’Or, 2014.
• Shows with Baudoin Lebon gallery at the Art O’Clock fair, Paris, 2013.
• Black and White magazine: Award Winner, Portfolio Contest, 2013.
• Grand Prix Eurazeo for Photography, 2013.
• Publication of the monograph “ “les éveillés”, 2014
• Invited by the Mairie de Paris for “Bridges and Cultures” , 2015
• Winner of the International Competition « Spirit of the Mediterranean », organized by PHOTOMED and LENSCULTURE. 2016
• « Monochrome Photographer of the Year « January 2017 (Monochrome Awards)
• Selected for Festfoto Brazil May 2017
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