13/NOV a 23/NOV | MIS
Since 2020, Raya Martigny and Édouard Richard have been documenting the LGBT+ youth of Réunion Island, a French territory in East Africa, to create a series of portraits and a short film rooted in the local context. Through images of self-affirmation and belonging, the artist couple brings together “kwir” and Creole experiences, addressing the construction of LGBT+ identities in the face of colonial legacies.
Kwir Nou Éxist was first presented in Paris, at the Louvre Gardens, in July this year as part of the Paris l’Été festival. It was later shown on Réunion Island. The exhibition is currently on view at Futuros – Arte e Tecnologia, in Rio de Janeiro, and has received a special edition created especially for the Festival Mix Brasil.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Uma exposição de
Raya Martigny e Édouard Richard
Produzida por
Alban Senault e Marcio Debellian
Produção Executiva
Daniel Nogueira
Projeto Expográfico
Gabriel Mesquita
Tatiane Proba
Identidade visual
Diplomatie Studio
Design
Pedro Colombo
Tratamento de imagens
Thomas Martin
Comunicação
Théo Fontaine
PR
Pedro Henrique França
Agradecimentos
Institut Français
Frac Réunion — Anaël Lapierre
Futuros – Arte e Tecnologia
Anna Vrinat et Brandon Gercara
Association Requeer
Sanjeeyann Paleatchy
Renata Carvalho
André Fischer e Festival Mix Brasil
Agradecimentos especiais aos mecenas do projeto:
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Thibault Godbillon
Isabelle e Philippe Fontaine
Gilberte e Jean-Marie Lebreton
Christian e Christelle Lanoë
