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Léon Collin Set Design
French Guiana
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$10K - 50K
Photos
The exhibition gathers 50 black & white photographs shot by Léon Collin, doctor in charge of the inmates
shipped from France to the penal colony of St Laurent du Maroni in French Guyana in the 19th Century.
Composed of portraits and close-ups, the pictures are exhibited in a former building of the penitentiary. Set
in this environment the installation is plain and discreet within the impressive volumes steeped in history.
Designed as a mobile exhibition, the scenography can be assembled and disassembled in order to travel to
other destinations such as St Martin de Ré (France) and Algiers, both departure harbors to the penal colony.
The photographs stands and the benches are composed as recurrent structures made out of charcoal grey
MDF, galvanized steel tubes and hessian referring to both naval architecture and inmates outfits. Mounted
on aluminum, the photographs are put on straps as a reminder of the captivity of the photographer’s
subjects.
Organized in two facing long raws, the installation echoes the dehumanized condition of the inmates.
Poured on the hessian the white sand from the vicinity ballasts the racks referring to the uprooting of these
men and their forced anchorage to the Guianese land.
shipped from France to the penal colony of St Laurent du Maroni in French Guyana in the 19th Century.
Composed of portraits and close-ups, the pictures are exhibited in a former building of the penitentiary. Set
in this environment the installation is plain and discreet within the impressive volumes steeped in history.
Designed as a mobile exhibition, the scenography can be assembled and disassembled in order to travel to
other destinations such as St Martin de Ré (France) and Algiers, both departure harbors to the penal colony.
The photographs stands and the benches are composed as recurrent structures made out of charcoal grey
MDF, galvanized steel tubes and hessian referring to both naval architecture and inmates outfits. Mounted
on aluminum, the photographs are put on straps as a reminder of the captivity of the photographer’s
subjects.
Organized in two facing long raws, the installation echoes the dehumanized condition of the inmates.
Poured on the hessian the white sand from the vicinity ballasts the racks referring to the uprooting of these
men and their forced anchorage to the Guianese land.
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