Asylum

Somewhere in France, a low-cost housing block is awaiting demolition. Broken walls, torn wallpaper, unglazed windows, this almost programmed ruin keeps the trace of the lives that inhabited it... While European regulations are making the conditions of asylum, this immemorial right, more and more complex, the great housing programs of the Reconstruction are disappearing (almost) silently from French cities. Shot clandestinely and without authorization, these images bear witness, in their own way, to the primordial challenge of humanity, which is always being called into question: finding refuge.

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Quelque part en France, une barre HLM attend sa démolition. Cloisons éventrées, papier peint arraché, fenêtres sans vitrage, cette quasi ruine programmée garde la trace des vies qui l'ont habitée... Alors que les règlements européens complexifient de plus en plus les conditions de l'asile, ce droit immémorial, les grands programmes de logement de la Reconstruction disparaissent (presque) en silence des villes françaises. Tournées clandestinement et sans autorisation, ces images témoignent, à leur façon, de l'enjeu primordial de l'humanité, toujours remis en cause: trouver refuge.