The Yellow vests movement emerged in France in October 2018. It gave rise to numerous demonstrations organised every Saturday across France, and particularly in Paris around the Étoile roundabout and the Boulevard des Champs-Élysées. Local residents and shopkeepers decided to install protective covers over shopfronts and residential windows. On Sundays, the day after the demonstrations, Anna Malagrida and Mathieu Pernot took photographs of the area and the protective measures that had been implemented.
The wooden planks, perfectly cut and arranged, produce a form of continuity with the classical architecture of these bourgeois neighbourhoods, whilst introducing a new social and political temporality. Through these installations, the façade becomes the visible site of a potential revolution. To the sound and fury of the crowds shown by the media, the authors contrast the moment after, that of emptiness, silence and the questioning of uncertain futures.
Anna Malagrida
Photographe
Malagrida Anna, born in 1970 in Barcelona (Spain) graduated from the National School of Photo-graphy of Arles (1996) and the Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona in Communication Sciences (1993). Photographer and video artist, she works around the dialectic of the frame, the internal and external dialogue, reflection spaces, opening up to other visions. Anna Malagrida is represented by RX gallery.
Mathieu Pernot
Photographe
Mathieu Pernot, born in 1970 in Frejus, lives and works in Paris; After studying art history at the Faculty of Grenoble, he entered the National School of Photography of Arles, from where he graduated in 1996. His work is part of the approach of photography But diverts the protocols in order to explore alternative formulas and construct a multi-voice narrative.
The Jeu de Paume has dedicated an exhibition to him in 2014. He receives the Prix Niépce in 2014 and the Prix Nadar in 2013.
Etienne Hatt
Auteur, Critique d'art
Etienne Hatt, born in 1976, is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the University of Paris 1, where he earned a Master’s degree in Art History under the supervision of Michel Poivert, focusing on history in contemporary photography. He is a journalist and a member of the editorial team at *artpress* magazine.
