Anne-Marie Sallé
Anne-Marie SALLÉ est directrice artistique du festival « Ombres et lumières » de Clairvaux. Elle a reçu la médaille de bronze de l’administration pénitentiaire, pour ses travaux à la maison centrale de Clairvaux et a été nommée chevalier dans l’ordre des arts et lettres en 2013.
Tentatives d’évasion
Anne-Marie Sallé
Clairvaux, abbey and prison: this dual identity, unique in France today, can only inspire projects reflecting such singularity. It is by drawing on the exceptional nature of this site, both in terms of its history and heritage and the major humanist questions raised by the prison environment, that Anne-Marie Sallé, from the creation of the "Ombres et lumières" festival in 2004, has built a comprehensive artistic project around this identity, of which confinement, whether voluntary or imposed, remains the common denominator.
The inmates who authored the texts in this book participated in writing and photography workshops in collaboration with guest composers from the "Ombres et Lumières" music festival and artists from various disciplines. The goal—achieved, as evidenced by the quality of the texts produced—was to give the inmates a voice and offer them a form of escape through culture.
This writing process forms the basis of the libretto for a musical composition for choir. Several works by Philippe Hersant and Thierry Machuel were thus created within this context.
This book aims to recount this experience, combining the texts and images of the inmates with the works and interventions of the participating artists. All of these texts are accompanied by two portfolios, created by Jacqueline Salmon and Julien Sallé.
Throughout the pages, texts, and images, the inmates, with restraint and talent, share their solitude, their nostalgia, and their dreams.
Tentatives d’évasion
ISBN: 978-2-919507-32-0