Stéphan Gladieu

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The human, cultural and economic wealth that 93 contains is unjustly misunderstood, as the department is often confined - in the media in particular - to a land of news stories, insecurity and poverty. With this conviction in mind, in 2010, I proposed to create "93 Terre de Créations" within the framework of a call for tenders for a public order for Plaine Commune is a community of communes which brings together 9 towns of the 93. This photographic collection of portraits makes places of history and culture dialogue with contemporary artists. It was exhibited at the Stade de France in 2011 and at the Gare du Nord the following year. During this project I was marked by the fabulous social, cultural and ethnic mix that makes up the identity of this territory and makes it so singular. Since then, I had the hope to bring to light, the richness of its identity character. And it was in 2019 that I realized "93, Land of Mixity", a photographic collection of portraits paying tribute to the ethno-demographic diversity of this territory which counts 136 different nationalities, a record in France. This project won the Plaine Commune call for tenders, which proposed a photographic carte blanche with a hanging on the outside gates of the Stade de France. The exhibition, originally scheduled for March 2020, was postponed indefinitely due to the health measures in force. Like pieces of a puzzle, these faces make up the face of Plaine Commune. All together, these women and men, one with the other, each at home and all on the same territory, draw the future of our present. My wish was to look at this reality and to pay tribute to it, by putting these different cultures on the same level, literally and figuratively, in an equality and fraternity offering everyone the freedom to be themselves. The identity of the individual is the recognition of what he is, by himself or by others, in the image of a face to face.

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Les richesses humaines, culturelles et économiques que recèle le 93 sont injustement méconnues, le département étant souvent cantonné - dans les médias notamment - à une terre de faits divers, d’insécurité et de pauvreté. Fort de cette conviction, en 2010, j’ai proposé de réaliser « 93 Terre de Créations » dans le cadre d’un appel d’offres en commande publique pour Plaine Commune est une communauté de communes qui rassemble 9 villes du 93. Cette collection photographique de portraits fait dialoguer des lieux d’histoire et de culture avec des artistes contemporains. Elle a été exposée au Stade de France en 2011 et à la Gare du Nord l’année suivante. Lors de ce projet j’ai été marqué par la fabuleuse mixité sociale, culturelle et ethnique qui compose l’identité de ce territoire et le rend si singulier. Depuis lors, je nourrissais l’espoir de mettre en lumière, la richesse de son caractère identitaire. Et c’est en 2019, que j’ai réalisé « 93, Terre de Mixité », collection photographique de portraits rendant hommage à la diversité ethno-démographique de ce territoire qui compte 136 nationalités différentes, un record en France. Ce projet a remporté l’appel d’offre de Plaine Commune qui proposait une carte blanche photographique assortie d’un accrochage sur les grilles extérieures du Stade de France. L’exposition, initialement prévue en mars 2020, a été reportée sine die à cause des mesures sanitaires en vigueur. Telles les pièces d’un puzzle, ces visages composent le visage de Plaine Commune. Tous ensemble, ces femmes et ces hommes, les unes avec les autres, chacun chez soi et tous sur le même territoire dessinent le futur de notre présent. Mon souhait était de poser mon regard sur cette réalité et de lui rendre hommage, en mettant ces différentes cultures sur le même plan, au sens propre comme au figuré, dans une égalité et une fraternité offrant à chacun, la liberté d’être soi-même. L’identité de l'individu est la reconnaissance de ce qu'il est, par lui-même ou par les autres, à l’image d’un face à face.

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The human, cultural and economic wealth that 93 contains is unjustly misunderstood, as the department is often confined - in the media in particular - to a land of news stories, insecurity and poverty. With this conviction in mind, in 2010, I proposed to create "93 Terre de Créations" within the framework of a call for tenders for a public order for Plaine Commune is a community of communes which brings together 9 towns of the 93. This photographic collection of portraits makes places of history and culture dialogue with contemporary artists. It was exhibited at the Stade de France in 2011 and at the Gare du Nord the following year. During this project I was marked by the fabulous social, cultural and ethnic mix that makes up the identity of this territory and makes it so singular. Since then, I had the hope to bring to light, the richness of its identity character. And it was in 2019 that I realized "93, Land of Mixity", a photographic collection of portraits paying tribute to the ethno-demographic diversity of this territory which counts 136 different nationalities, a record in France. This project won the Plaine Commune call for tenders, which proposed a photographic carte blanche with a hanging on the outside gates of the Stade de France. The exhibition, originally scheduled for March 2020, was postponed indefinitely due to the health measures in force. Like pieces of a puzzle, these faces make up the face of Plaine Commune. All together, these women and men, one with the other, each at home and all on the same territory, draw the future of our present. My wish was to look at this reality and to pay tribute to it, by putting these different cultures on the same level, literally and figuratively, in an equality and fraternity offering everyone the freedom to be themselves. The identity of the individual is the recognition of what he is, by himself or by others, in the image of a face to face.