Centre d'Art Contemporain de Royan, France

Apr 1 - Jun 9, 2024

On the occasion of the celebration of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Aimé Césaire and the fortieth anniversary of his last collection moi, laminaire… , Captures presents a collective exhibition, imagined by Colette Césaire and supported by the Fondation Clément de Martinique.
Césairian poetry is put into dialogue with the works of three contemporary photographers, Juliette Agnel, Nicolas Derné and Xuebing Du.
Nous, laminaires  invites you to a walk through the natural landscapes of Martinique, a source of inspiration for Aimé Césaire's poetic writing. A collective journey, which reveals to us the deep self of the Poet, and also the authentic nature of this island and its people. Symbolic landscapes and duels: sometimes magnificent, sometimes catastrophic, sometimes both; sometimes energetic, sometimes destructive or nightmarish, sometimes both.

An eminently poetic nature. Martinique, a land of both suffering and hope.

Co-production of Tête Haute and Noire , Clément Foundation , Captures

Curators: Colette Césaire for Head High and Black and Jean-Marc Lacabe for Captures