Views of the exhibition “BLEU de travail – Season 2” (workwear) which is held from May 22 to June 6, 2021 at the Cavrois-Mahieu factory in Roubaix.
An exhibition organized by the Non-Lieu, in partnership with the National Archives of the World of Work and the Villa Cavrois in Roubaix.
With the participation of the artists Anne BRETON, Swan CAZAUX, Kim CREIGHTON, Françoise DECOSTER, Raphaël DECOSTER, Paul DESRAVINES, Philippe HOLLEVOUT, Antony HUCHETTE, Muriel KLEINHOLTZ, Andy KRAFT, Ysabel DE MAISONNEUVE, Julien MOREL, Christelle MOTTE, Lionel PRALUS, REGARDER POUR SORTIR (Valéry PELLETIER, Ivan POLLIART), Virginie REYNAERT, Mitsugu SASAKI, Frédéric TENTELIER, Éric VALDENAIRE, Amélie VIDGRAIN.
And also the book Bleu de travail to discover on site.
Thank you to Olivier Muzellec from Le Non-Lieu and Corinne PORTE and Marine HUGUET from ANMT for this beautiful collaboration.
View of the exhibition “Bleu de travail – Season 2” presented from May 22 to June 6, 2021 at the Cavrois-Mahieu factory in Roubaix | Photo © LE NON-LIEU
Eric VALDENAIRE
1947-1951, Fives factory workshop
Digital retouching from vintage prints
Large format digital print 2.40 m x 2.50 m on “blue back” paper
Originally, like a collector, I tracked down darned fabrics, yesterday and today. For the love of the material, for the attention to detail. The humanity of the fiber then appears to me, and I make up stories for myself. Those of a small hand which carried out this incredible work, of the loving wife of a worker who will spend his day in the factory, of a peasant anxious not to lose his grain, of a nun full of meditation.
And then, the real story is given to me to see thanks to the National Archives of the World of Work and their photographic collection, another one. One by one, each image tells us the little story in the big one, detail after detail, as long as we take the time to discover them. All of them witness a moment of life, and sometimes entire lives. The large format is essential then.
This photographic work is part of a global reflection around the notion of heritage, textile, industrial and human heritage, because they are all one.
Eric Valdenaire
1947-1951, Fives factory workshop | Digital retouching from vintage print | Photo © ERIC VALDENAIRE / ANMT
View of the exhibition “Bleu de travail – Season 2” presented from May 22 to June 6, 2021 at the Cavrois-Mahieu factory in Roubaix | Photo © LE NON-LIEU
View of the exhibition “Bleu de travail – Season 2” presented from May 22 to June 6, 2021 at the Cavrois-Mahieu factory in Roubaix | Photo © LE NON-LIEU
View of the exhibition “Bleu de travail – Season 2” presented from May 22 to June 6, 2021 at the Cavrois-Mahieu factory in Roubaix | Photo © LE NON-LIEU
View of the exhibition “Bleu de travail – Season 2” presented from May 22 to June 6, 2021 at the Cavrois-Mahieu factory in Roubaix | Photo © LE NON-LIEU
View of the exhibition “Bleu de travail – Season 2” presented from May 22 to June 6, 2021 at the Cavrois-Mahieu factory in Roubaix | Photo © LE NON-LIEU
Book “Bleu de travail” edited by Le Non-Lieu on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition | Photo © LE NON-LIEU
Useful informations :
Cavrois-Mahieu Factory
117 rue Montgolfier 59100 ROUBAIX – France
Le Non-Lieu : +33 (0)3 20 80 99 68, http://non-lieu.fr
Sat 22, Sun 23, Mon 24 May >2pm – 7pm
Sat 29, Sun 30 May >2pm – 7pm
Sat 5, Sun 6 June >2pm – 7pm
