Vis a Vis Photography exhibition, from September 1 to September 16, 2018
The Vis a Vis exhibition in 3 words
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The photographic exhibition Vis a Vis, organised from September 1 to October 16, in Perpignan and from September 1 to September 28, in Pézilla-la-Rivière aims to present the political situation in Catalonia from 2010 to nowadays, showing the most emblematic moments of the so-called “process”, started by a people which wants to exert its right to self-determination
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155 pictures, taken by 42 photographers, are displayed throughout Perpignan; they have been selected by a professional jury and show a documentary patchwork of the evolution of the Catalan society from September 11, 2012 to October 17, 2018, with a focus on October 1, date of the self-determination referendum, violently repressed by the Spanish police forces.
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On the other hand, we organise an exhibition around Roser Villalonga’s pictures, in Pézilla-la-Rivière: a people, a country, a struggle, from September 1, to 28. At the end of the month, this exhibition will be on tour throughout Europe and the Catalan Countries.
Exhibition venues
Perpignan
The photographic exhibition Vis-à-vis, organised from September 1 to September 16, 2018, in Perpignan and Pézilla, aims to present the political situation in Catalonia from 2012 to nowadays.
155 pictures, taken by 42 photographers, are displayed throughout Perpignan; they have been selected by a professional jury and show a documentary patchwork of the evolution of the Catalan society from September 11, 2012 to October 17, 2018, with a focus on October 1, date of the self-determination referendum, violently repressed by the Spanish police forces.
Today, with the illegal implementation of the article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, and the clear Separatist victory at the Catalan parliament elections of December 21, there are political prisoners and exiles in Catalonia.
Other exhibition venues
Pézilla
From September 1 to September 28, the municipality of Pézilla-la-Rivière and the Catalan Solidarity Committee present Roser Vilallonga’s photographic exhibition: a people, a country, a struggle. During her long and rich career, Roser has been the witness of the evolution of the Catalan society towards both the demand to exert its self-determination right and an increasing expectation to resolve the political situation by democratic means.
55 artists for freedom
During the Vis a Vis festival, you will have the opportunity to see the exhibition “55 ballot boxes for freedom”, recently displayed in Brussels, at the House of Catalanity (Maison de la Catalanité).
55 artists from throughout Catalonia, (north and south) as well as from France, have been asked to use a ballot box, similar to the ones used for the self-determination referendum, in order to clearly express their commitment to the fight of a society, which is affirming pacifically for years its struggle for freedom, stunned by the lack of reactions to such serious events.
Further information on the website devoted to this exhibition (in Catalan).