Exhibitions: Lille3000 celebrates the meaning of celebration against the harshness of the times
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The flamenco dresses of Spaniard Pilar Albarracin hang at the Palais Rihour in an installation called Techo de Ofrendas. Courtesy of Pilar Albarracin and Galerie Georges-Philippe&Nathalie Vallois
A series of historical and contemporary exhibitions throughout the Lille metropolitan area, on view until November 9, recalls the power of these moments of jubilation in the construction of the social body.
Seated in a circle, musicians play samba rhythms. Around them, the audience, standing, sways their hips and claps along to certain choruses. Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg filmed this moment when a human community comes together in dance with a whirling "cameracycle." Projected onto a series of screens that literally encircle the visitor at the Espace Croisée in Roubaix, their "samba round" sets the tone for the 7th edition of Lille3000, this year dedicated to the "Fiesta."
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