L'établissement pénitentiaire de Casabianda a été fermé en 1885 suite à une épidémie de malaria et enfin réouvert en 1948. Le centre de détention est situé sur la commune d'Aléria, à 75 km de Bastia, sur la côte orientale de la Corse. Il est implanté sur un domaine d'une superficie de 1480 ha et d'un pourtour d'environ 20 km. Sa vocation est essentiellement agricole avec des productions forestières, céréalières, laitières et animales.
De par ses structures, son fonctionnement, son organisation, l'établissement pénitentiaire est unique en France. C'est en effet un établissement dit "ouvert" sans mur d'enceinte avec un régime de détention principalement orienté vers la resocialisation des détenus.
Ce travail est une réponse plastique aux spécificités physiques de cet établissement pénitentiaire. Tel un mur invisible, ces photographies suivent la limite imposée aux détenus de Casabianda.
Les coordonnées GPS reforment virtuellement ce que le médium photographique ne peut saisir, et nous interroge sur sa capacité à représenter le réel.
The Casabianda Prison was closed in 1885 following an epidemic of malaria and finally reopened in 1948. This detention center is located on the municipality of Aleria, 75 km from Bastia on the east coast of Corsica. It is implanted on an area of 1480 hectares and a circumference of about 20km. Its primary purpose is essentially agricultural with forest, cereals, dairy and animal productions. Due to its structure, functioning and organization, this prison is unique in France. It is indeed an "open institution" which means without outer walls. A detention center that welcomes long period sentenced, having considered the best prospects of reintegration. This work is an artistic response to the physical specificities of this prison. Like an invisible wall, the photographs represent the limit imposed on Casabianda inmates but also to free people. The numbers engraved on each photos, are the exact GPS information of where this virtual limit is supposed to be. I want with this work to consider the abilities of representation of photography and its own limits, but also the meaning of the sentence and the singularities of the only “open institution” in France. (One of the worst prison system in Europe)
100 x 133 cm // Rag Fine Art Paper // mounted on dibon // white wooden frame.
Rencontres d'Arles 2012, Grande Halle, curated by François Hébel
New York Photo Festival 2010, Main exhibitions, NYC, curated by Fred Ritchin, Vince Aletti, Erik Kessels & Lou Reed
Maison Descartes, French Institut of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, curated by Colette Olof, Laetitia Talbot and Isabelle Mallez
Instituto Reynosense para la cultura y las artes, Mexico, curated by Daniel Orlando Lara
Gulf + Western Gallery and the 8th Floor Gallery, Tisch - NYU, curated by Fred Ritchin, New York, USA
Arte Laguna Prize, curated by Igor Zanti, Arsenale, Venezia, Italia
De par ses structures, son fonctionnement, son organisation, l'établissement pénitentiaire est unique en France. C'est en effet un établissement dit "ouvert" sans mur d'enceinte avec un régime de détention principalement orienté vers la resocialisation des détenus.
Ce travail est une réponse plastique aux spécificités physiques de cet établissement pénitentiaire. Tel un mur invisible, ces photographies suivent la limite imposée aux détenus de Casabianda.
Les coordonnées GPS reforment virtuellement ce que le médium photographique ne peut saisir, et nous interroge sur sa capacité à représenter le réel.
The Casabianda Prison was closed in 1885 following an epidemic of malaria and finally reopened in 1948. This detention center is located on the municipality of Aleria, 75 km from Bastia on the east coast of Corsica. It is implanted on an area of 1480 hectares and a circumference of about 20km. Its primary purpose is essentially agricultural with forest, cereals, dairy and animal productions. Due to its structure, functioning and organization, this prison is unique in France. It is indeed an "open institution" which means without outer walls. A detention center that welcomes long period sentenced, having considered the best prospects of reintegration. This work is an artistic response to the physical specificities of this prison. Like an invisible wall, the photographs represent the limit imposed on Casabianda inmates but also to free people. The numbers engraved on each photos, are the exact GPS information of where this virtual limit is supposed to be. I want with this work to consider the abilities of representation of photography and its own limits, but also the meaning of the sentence and the singularities of the only “open institution” in France. (One of the worst prison system in Europe)
100 x 133 cm // Rag Fine Art Paper // mounted on dibon // white wooden frame.
Rencontres d'Arles 2012, Grande Halle, curated by François Hébel
New York Photo Festival 2010, Main exhibitions, NYC, curated by Fred Ritchin, Vince Aletti, Erik Kessels & Lou Reed
Maison Descartes, French Institut of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, curated by Colette Olof, Laetitia Talbot and Isabelle Mallez
Instituto Reynosense para la cultura y las artes, Mexico, curated by Daniel Orlando Lara
Gulf + Western Gallery and the 8th Floor Gallery, Tisch - NYU, curated by Fred Ritchin, New York, USA
Arte Laguna Prize, curated by Igor Zanti, Arsenale, Venezia, Italia
