Une classe de primaire à Liévin.
La ville a une histoire singulière liée à l’exploitation minière. Je demande à chaque élève de choisir par écrit un endroit de la ville qu’il n’aimerait pas voir disparaître. Une invitation à voir la différence de regard entre adulte et enfant, en particulier le paradoxe entre l’idée qu’on se fait d’un lieu chargé de mémoire et la réalité du choix des enfants. On comprend alors que la ville existe au-delà de son architecture et de son histoire, que les enfants dévoilent leur intimité et nous transmettent leurs propres préoccupations.
The aim of working in a primary school class in Liévin (FR) was to study the relationship that the individual has with time and with their environment. The city of Liévin has a history uniquely linked with mining exploitation. It is initially requested that each pupil writes down the name of a place within the city that they would like to see maintained and preserved. The objective of this task is to examine their relationship the place chosen both during the present and in the future. Subsequently, each child brings the others with them to the finding of their choice. Spectators are invited to explore the difference in viewpoint between adult and child, and in particular, the paradox between the image that one creates of a place loaded with memory, and the reality of the children’s choices. We understand then that the city continues to exist beyond the parameters of its architecture and history; that the children reveal their innermost thoughts and share with us their own concerns.
