A committed exhibition, "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité", at Transfo - Emmaüs Solidarité

If song has always been a tool of resistance and popular expression, theexhibition "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité ou Le Chant" (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity or Song) reaffirms its power to make demands. Presented at Transfo-Emmaüs in Paris, this committed exhibition brings together three artists - Jean-Luc Verna, Chrystèle Bazin and Agnès Mellon - around the theme of the fight against oppression and exclusion.

These committed artists share a common vision: to use art as a means of expressing, provoking and bringing about change.

DESSINS
Visual artist and performer Jean-Luc Verna presents a series of drawings reproduced on tarpaulins, flags, vinyl record sleeves, T-shirts and placards. In a setting combining the world of record stores with that of citizen struggles, his drawings - from the 2000s to the present day - appear as rebel banners, rebellious anthems or lonely cries.

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SOUNDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Agnès Mellon, artist photographer and visual artist, and Chrystèle Bazin, sound author, video artist and journalist, present a selection of sounds and images on the angry movements that erupted in Marseille in 2018, following the collapse of buildings on Rue d'Aubagne on November 5, killing 8 people. Capturing the sudden awakening of Marseillais, between citizens' marches and clashes with the police, other angers arose: those of yellow vests, ecologists, women... extending their approach to a "cartography of anger".

CARNETS DE CHANTS
History-geography teachers with a passion for music, Étienne Augris, Julien Blottiere, Jean-Christophe Diedrich and Véronique Servat present a selection of militant songs that have marked the history of social struggles through the ages. Against oppression or inequality, for a right or even a roof over one's head, these songs are translated, enriched with a historical context and their
contemporary resonance.

Don't wait any longer to discover this singular and committed artistic event: go to Transfo-Emmaüs, an emblematic venue associated with solidarity on the Parisian scene. Those who are drawn toengaged art, who appreciate music as an expression of protest, and who are sensitive to the cause of equality and fraternity should find this exhibition a platform for expression and reflection.