Mots d'ados

by Irvin Anneix
2016
Prix de l'Innovation Lecture, Fondation Crédit Mutuel 2016

Since 2013, French artist Irvin Anneix has collected hundreds of diaries written during teenage hood. Then, he asks to others teenagers to read diaries of his collection in front of the camera, through a traveling reading room. Inaugurated at the Center Pompidou, the reading room has been presented in several cultural institutions in France (theaters, museums, public places, festivals, etc.). Hundreds of readings have already been recorded and are broadcast on a YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/motsdados-lachaine. A book has just been published by Hoëbecke (Gallimard).

In-situ experience
Screen, Video projector, Other
Teenagers - from 12 to 18 years
from 10 to 60 minute(s)
French, French
Update : 15/05/2024
Inauguration of Mots d'ados, National Georges Pompidou Center of Art and Culture, Paris, 2016 (©Irvin Anneix)
A reader in the reading room (©Irvin Anneix)
A text from the collection (©Irvin Anneix)
A text from the collection (©Irvin Anneix)
Inauguration day at Pompidou's Center, 2016 (©Irvin Anneix)
The reading room (©Irvin Anneix)
Mots d'ados at Pompidou's Center (©Irvin Anneix)
Portrait of the author, Irvin Anneix (©Pauline Laufmöller-Marlier)
Mots d'ados at the Diary Festival (©Irvin Anneix)
A reader in the reading room (©Irvin Anneix)
A reader in the reading room (©Irvin Anneix)
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Since 2013, french artist Irvin Anneix collects diaries written during teenage hood. These writings are about happy and painful moments: declarations of love, fusional friendships, family conflicts, existential questions, identity issues, about the body, the sexuality, reflections about society, etc. These intimate writings are universal: everyone can identify with them regardless of their age. Exhibiting them is a way to make them legitimate, to bring a new point of view on teenage hood, more sensitive, far from clichés.

More than 300 persons, teenagers, adults and seniors have already shared diaries of their teenage hood anonymously. The collection is growing every day. Irvin Anneix is ​​the «curator» of this collection.

Irvin Anneix has chosen to transform these diaries into meetings. He asks other teenagers to become their voice. In front of the camera, they discover diaries for the first time. By mirror effect, the reader identifies with the story. Something happens, the expression and the voice become confused. Following the reading, the reader talks about the writing with the artist. He comments the writing with his own experiences.

The readings are recorded in a reading room designed by Pauline Laufmöller-Marlier. When the reading room is not occupied, it becomes a projection room, broadcasting the readings previously captured. Around the reading room, spectators stroll through a forest of writings.

After a selection and post-production work, some videos are broadcast on a YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/motsdados-lachaine

A 192-page illustrated book, compiling the 300 most beautiful texts of the collection has just been published by Hoëbecke (Gallimard).

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In-situ experience
Experience
Terms
Multi-users - Solo
Interactivity
Interactive - Linear
Capacity
From 1 to 15 people
Duration
From 10 to 60 minute(s)
Audience
Categories
Teenagers - from 12 to 18 years
Minimum age
12 years
Accessibility
Suitable for people with reduced mobility
Prices
Pricing
Fixed price
Languages
Original language
French
Dubbing
Subtitles
French
Team
Interpreter
no
Public outreach
yes
Technician
yes
Material
Equipment
Screen ; Video projector ; Other
Minimum space required
de 20 m 2 à 40 m 2
Internet connection
Not required to broadcast the artwork
A workshop may accompagny this artwork.
Programming
Mots d'ados La Maison des métallos, théâtre de la ville de Paris (France), 2020
Mots d'ados Festival du Journal Intime, Mairie du 4ème arrondissement de Paris (France), 2018
Mots d'ados Le Cube, centre de création numérique, Issy-les-Moulineaux (France), 2017
Mots d'ados Studio 13/16, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France), 2016
Mots d'ados Piscine Bréquigny, Rennes (France), 2016
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Direction
I A
Author
Irvin Anneix
P L
Technical direction
Pauline Laufmöller-Marlier
P D
Composition and sound design
Pierre Doux
J P
Artistic direction
Jean-Frédéric Passot
P G
Illustration
Pablo Grand Mourcel
Production-distribution
n
Production
narrative
 
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