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Sunset at the Joliette
Sunset at the Joliette
Video with sound, 8 Minute
By capturing the shadows of cars projected onto the surfaces of buildings along the edge of the highway, Sener-Yilmaz Aslan sets side by side the complexity of the urban planning of La Joliette and the obstructive effects it produces. The photographer thus highlights the way in which the neighborhood’s inhabitants are now denied access to the coastal landscape because of these architectures (residential, port-related, commercial, or business) that deprive them of a fleeting yet vital moment of contemplation: the sunset over the sea. Watching the passing shadows then becomes for them one of the only means at their disposal to reclaim this moment of pleasure and suspension, despite the environmental, noise, and visual pollution that today defines their daily life. Between poetry and social critique, Sener-Yilmaz Aslan’s work offers a sensitive, almost choreographic image of these symbolic and political power relations that shape the economy of vision at the heart of this territory.
By capturing the shadows of cars projected onto the surfaces of buildings along the edge of the highway, Sener-Yilmaz Aslan sets side by side the complexity of the urban planning of La Joliette and the obstructive effects it produces. The photographer thus highlights the way in which the neighborhood’s inhabitants are now denied access to the coastal landscape because of these architectures (residential, port-related, commercial, or business) that deprive them of a fleeting yet vital moment of contemplation: the sunset over the sea. Watching the passing shadows then becomes for them one of the only means at their disposal to reclaim this moment of pleasure and suspension, despite the environmental, noise, and visual pollution that today defines their daily life. Between poetry and social critique, Sener-Yilmaz Aslan’s work offers a sensitive, almost choreographic image of these symbolic and political power relations that shape the economy of vision at the heart of this territory.
Text by Florian Gaite
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Coucher de Soleil à La Joliette
Vidéo. Son. 8 minutes.
Par la captation des ombres de voitures projetées sur la surface des immeubles en bordure de d’autoroute, Sener-Yilmaz Aslan renvoie dos-à-dos la complexité de l’aménagement urbain de la Joliette et les effets d’obstruction qu’il produit. Le photographe met ainsi en lumière la façon dont les habitant·es du quartier se voient désormais refuser l’accès au paysage côtier du fait de ces architectures (résidentielles, portuaires, commerciales ou d’affaires) qui les privent d’un moment de contemplation furtif, aussi attendu que salutaire : le coucher de soleil sur la mer. Observer le défilement des ombres constitue alors pour elleux un des seuls moyens à leur disposition pour se réapproprier ce moment de plaisir et de suspens, malgré la pollution environnementale, sonore et visuelle qui compose aujourd’hui leur quotidien. Entre poésie et critique sociale, le travail de Sener-Yilmaz Aslan livre une image sensible, presque chorégraphique, de ces rapports de force symboliques et politiques qui organisent l'économie du regard au cœur de ce territoire.
Texte de Florian Gaite
Texte de Florian Gaite
