{"id":11686,"date":"2023-12-19T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T07:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/?p=11686"},"modified":"2023-12-29T10:10:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T06:10:26","slug":"the-melody-of-water-barefoot-along-the-footpaths-fugitive-i-am-reborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/the-melody-of-water-barefoot-along-the-footpaths-fugitive-i-am-reborn\/","title":{"rendered":"The melody of water, Barefoot along the footpaths, Fugitive, I am reborn<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A residency creation by Genevi\u00e8ve Alaguiry<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The aim of the creative residency in Vill\u00e8le, which opened on Monday 16th October 2023, was to create a sculptural work highlighting the figure of the fugitive slave. It will be presented in the context of the annual \u201820th December\u2019 event held on the site of the Vill\u00e8le Museum.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The artist Genevi\u00e8ve Alaguiry was commissioned to create the work. In the past, her papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9<\/em> sculptures have attracted attention, notably though the very special effects she has succeeded in developing over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In actual fact, this creative residency has two objectives: first of all creating an original work around the figure of the fugitive slave and secondly inviting the young people of the 31st intake of the Acad\u00e9mie des Dalons<\/em>\u00b9<\/strong><\/span> to contribute to the process of artistic creation, encouraging them to discover the visual arts as a profession, as well as art and creation in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Young people from the Acad\u00e9mie des Dalons<\/em> working on the skeleton of the sculpture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9<\/em> sculpture depicts maron\u00e8r \u00e8 maron\u00e8z<\/em>: male and female fugitive slaves emblematic of freedom in Reunion. Five heads of men, women and children are represented emerging out of the cliffs of mountains in the island\u2019s interior. They represent major ethnic groups from Madagascar, Africa and India or Creoles born on the island, all having contributed to creating the population of Reunion as we know it today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genevi\u00e8ve Alaguiry\u2019s aim was to focus not on the suffering but on the hopes and dreams of these fugitives, hopes and dreams which became a reality for a certain number of them. This is how she has represented them: at peace and with their eyes closed. The faces are smiling and gazing up towards the ideal of a life of freedom, towards a future they can build for themselves. They are literally stepping out of the two mountain chains separated by the riverbed, the common thread of their journey, symbolic of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The melody of water, Barefoot along the footpaths, Fugitive, I am reborn<\/em>. Sculpture by Genevi\u00e8ve Alaguiry. 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They are not simply stepping out of the mountains, but are also contributing to their creation. Cimandef, Marianne, Anchaing, H\u00e9va and Mafate: they were the first to discover our mountains, the interior of the island, the remotest spots and the highest peaks, appropriating its steepest slopes. The artist expresses the way in which they tamed the harsh terrain so familiar to them. The footpaths are represented using gold foil, gold being the colour of light and perfection. Light, in its association with life, speaks to us of persons in the past, from social death and their inexistence through being enslaved human beings to Life\u2026 a life of freedom through becoming fugitives. From the asphyxiation of an imposed condition, the fugitive achieves perfection through a freedom arduously acquired: \u201c(…) A fugitive, I am reborn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Genevi\u00e8ve Alaguiry is a visual artist born on Reunion island in 1986. After graduating with a DNSEP (Diploma in Art) from the Higher School of Art in Reunion in 2010 and obtaining a Masters degree from the University of Paris 8 in 2011, she set about researching on the human condition, questioning issues of the 21st-century social context, when individuals and the world in general have become an economic commodity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A multidisciplinary artist, Genevi\u00e8ve Alaguiry expresses herself through drawing, the written word, performance, installation, video\/animation, sculpture and photography.
She has contributed to several collective exhibitions and attended residences in Paris, Mauritius Island and Reunion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u00b9 <\/strong>L\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des Dalons<\/em> is an experimental project set up by the Departmental Council of Reunion, aimed at the social and professional integration of motivated voluntary participants aged between 18 and 25.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A residency creation by Genevi\u00e8ve Alaguiry The aim of the creative residency in Vill\u00e8le, which opened on Monday 16th October 2023, was to create a sculptural work highlighting the figure of the fugitive slave. It will be presented in the context of the annual \u201820th December\u2019 event held on the site of the Vill\u00e8le Museum. … <\/p>\n

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