Mardi 13 Novembre 2012 08:11:16 par actuphoto dans Expositions

I was always interested in memory and its corollary: oblivion. Individually, oblivion is useful to erase unpleasant things or trauma from our memories. What could be the function of oblivion in connection with collective memory, with regard to History? The visit of some memory places of the Second World War in France leaves quite a bitter taste. France decided not to "remember" the existence of certain "accommodation," internment or concentration camps present on its territory from 1939 to 1946. Their actual existence denies and tarnish the official image of an overwhelming resistant France taught as history in school textbooks. France would like to forget but this is impossible as long as these places exist. Sometimes, there is a monument, as a sort of alibi. However, these places are generally deserted and abandoned. At times, a part of the ancient camp was transformed in a seafront promenade; sometimes a brand new building hid the camp, while they get rid of their feelings of guilt for past faults with an expeditious commemoration ceremony, which is at the same time official and furtive. The subjects of this series is not to document Rivesaltes, Barcarès or Argèles, nor is commemorative but rather an attempt to grasp the present manipulation of History. My choice was to work with a frontal framing, which "annihilates" the photographer's presence, striving to achieve an apparent banality, which emphasizes even more the impossible neutrality of those memory-impregnated places. I photographed these places in the Pyrenees region with a lot of difficulty because there are no directions, no indication to find them! Unfortunately, the tactics is known: to leave a place into oblivion always begins by robbing its identity first. Museo di Roma in Trastevere Piazza S. Egidio, 1 b 00153 Roma Italia 06 5816563 www.comune.roma.it/museodiroma.trastevere OPENING TIME: Tuesday-Sunday, 10 - 20 closed on Monday (Tickets are sold until h. 19) TICKETS: integrated entrance ticket exhibitions + museum EURO 4 - reduced EURO 3 COME ARRIVARE: Bus: n. H, 23, 44,75, 116, 280, j4 Tram: n. 3, 8