Stayin' Alive #2

In spring 2024, Stimultania invites Julie Glassberg to continue her work initiated in “Stayin' alive”.

In an era of increasing life expectancy, old age is often seen as a burden. Seniors have been in the spotlight during the Covid pandemic and Julie Glassberg explores the issue of age and its perception in society.
During the nine years she spent in the United States and Asia, she met extravagant, dynamic seniors who were very integrated into the rest of society. Back in France, winner of the major order from the BnF – Radioscopie de la France, she began a project on the elderly in the midst of the covid epidemic. She travels to the Paris region, near Lille and Avignon and discovers tea dances, privileged places of socialization for this age group, which actively participate in the territorial network. Julie Glassberg meets men and women there who sometimes visit them several times a week. She identifies the regulars, records their dance steps on the floor, bears witness to their outfits, their way of living with their bodies; she even accompanies certain people to their places of life. It produces 150 images and a large number of sound recordings and videos. This abundant, multidisciplinary material is the start of a work exhibited at Stimultania within the collective exhibition “Sous les Sunlights” between May and September 2024 in partnership with the BnF.

Today, Stimultania wishes to support the extension of this joyful sociological investigation in the Grand Est region. The artist will follow, over a time frame that is intended to be long and comfortable, “atypical” characters, skilled dancers, high-level athletes, this time the field of possibilities is widening! Throughout the residency project which runs between 2024 and 2025, Stimultania will support the artist in the maturation of his work and the formalization of his research.

Born in France in 1984, Julie Glassberg lives in Paris. Graduating in graphic arts in 2008, she went to study photojournalism and documentary photography at the International Center of Photography in New York. After seven years in this city, where she collaborated with The New York Times, she moved to Tokyo for a year. She is interested in the diversity of cultures, underground circles and the marginalized people of society. His work is published in the international press and has been awarded several times.