Hurry up to live

Curator: Céline Duval
Scenography: Étienne Andréys

Hurry up to live they are men with clenched teeth who have met artists.

These are men who live in a moment of suspension. Some are fifteen years old, they occupy the streets with aplomb, their hands in their pockets or their arms crossed. Others occupy an enclosed space on itself, bodies in flight and faces in hands. They are men who are available because their life is in question. Because they have reached a point where the choice is unavoidable and the artist, by looking down, allows them to position themselves.

Hurry up to live questions the working methods between artists and populations, the porosity of art with life.

Of course, this exhibition is not an exhibition of artist-authors. But it is not an exhibition of educational workshops either. The artists intervene with their agitation, their mastery of the image and their own intuition of creation. They are there because they have accepted the shock of the other. They accompany creation. They create for. They create with it. Benoît de Carpentier's silversmith's work here produces a meaning that goes beyond his own artistic production. The nightmares of the youngest, which have become spectacular scoops with Guillaume Chauvin, give rise to fears that cross us. The romanticism of Melania Avanzato reveals raspy sensibilities of such density that they border on timelessness. And Fabienne Swiatly, between distance and protective concentration, fixes the complexity of the visions. This exhibition shows that professionals can produce and have them produced with the very high standards of their know-how and that face-to-face meetings are fruitful.

Hurry up to live is an exhibition that shows images produced in very defined frames.It is a reflection on the life of works, their autonomy and the place of the viewer. It is an exhibition that salutes authors, encourages their expression and celebrates their circulation.

Hurry up to live is a scorching exhibition on the turn of the century. The intense black and white prints are still hot. Although they are printed under economic constraints, they are intended for a work that is intended to be permanent.

Hurry up to live is a concentrate of virility and emotion produced by men in a moment of shock.

Hurry up to live talks about the individual and the group, loneliness and community.

Hurry up to live is an injunction to emergency but also a joyful ode.

Hurry up to live is a flashy collective exhibition which considers photography as a brut art, a feverish weapon.

Hurry up to live it's Misirlou from Dick Dale and The Del-Tones.

Benoit de Carpentier - Born in 1964, lives in Alsace. Graduated from the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ESAD) in Strasbourg, painting section in 1989, Benoît De Carpentier is a plastic photographer. His works combine reality and dreamlike, sometimes introspective sometimes turned towards the other, often philosophical and pictorial. In 2002 and 2004 he received aid for the creation of the DRAC Grand Est for projects around the landscape and architecture. He regularly exhibits his work, mainly in Strasbourg and Paris. He teaches photography and runs photographic projects in schools from elementary to high school.

FAbienne Swiatly - Born in 1960 in Lorraine, lives in Haute Savoie. Fabienne Swiatly has had several hats, several jobs, almost several lives. But always the writing remained present. From novels to essays, including poetry, short stories, theater, his writings take many forms. After having participated in several collective works and published essays, his novel “Gagner sa vie”, published in 2006, was awarded the Léo Ferré prize. Fabienne Swiatly shares her passion and her writings during writing workshops that she leads with many audiences, of various ages and social origins. “Before writing I read. In the order of crossed libraries. I didn't know anything about literature except that I liked it: reading. I was hungry. Then I began to write with fever. Of all. I didn't know anything about writing but I was writing. Then I understood that we had to work and I like this word of writing site. So I got to work. Anyway, I don't know how to do otherwise. I don't know what to do without writing in the face of the complexity of my life and the world. "

Melania Avanzato - Born in 1978, lives in Lyon. “Born on the shores of the Mediterranean to Italian parents, I grew up between two countries. Uprooting and travel naturally lead me to use images very early on as a memory accessory. »After a degree in History and then a photography school, Melania Avanzato worked for publishing houses and in an agency as a portrait painter of authors. At the same time, she is developing artistic work represented by the Comptoirs Arlésiens galleries of young photography and the Lac Gelé. She is a member of the Parallèle collective and regularly works in schools throughout France.

Guillaume Chauvin - Born in 1987, lives in Strasbourg. Freelance author and lecturer at the higher school of decorative arts, Guillaume Chauvin works as a photographer and author, questioning the subjectivity of images and affirming his “documented point of view”. Established for a time in Russia and attracted by “alternative” characters, legionaries, footballers, models, separatists… he has published in the national and international press (Le Monde, Liberation, Feuilleton, 6 Mois, Paris Match, Desports…), and collaborated with various sponsors (Ministry of Defense, Nike, Cnam, Alliance Française…). At the same time as this and his public interventions (Freeze frame, France culture, Amnesty International, Faculty of Versailles, etc.), he is developing work as a writer (Allia editions) and independent editor (Les éditions m'habitent). His works have been exhibited at the Rencontres d'Arles (Fr), at the Moscow Journalism Faculty (Rus), and acquired by the Strasbourg Artothèque. Recommended by Alain Kaiser, Guillaume Chauvin has been a member of the Hans Lucas studio since 2015.