Traveling exhibition “In-Utile. A photographic journey”

September 6–25, 2017
Opening Wednesday, September 6, 2017, at 1 p.m.
Faculty of Education (Nîmes campus), 62 rue Vincent Faïta, Nîmes
 

Maxcasa captures the unnecessary gesture

Photographer Maxcasa presents a traveling exhibition born from the encounter between dance and photography, in pursuit of the "useless gesture"... Discover it from September 6 at the Faculty of Education – Nîmes site.
There are five of them, dressed in tight-fitting black and white costumes. A few words, then everything kicks into high gear... A breathless race. The dancers move relentlessly, crossing the space, traversing it, exhausting it. Their faces marked by effort, their bodies intersect, grab each other, embrace or push each other away. Hearts race. Faces glisten with tension. Costumes come loose, get lost along the way...

In search of the useless gesture

Maxcasa's keen eye captures the bodies set in motion by choreographer Leonardo Montecchia (Cie de la Mentira). This unclassifiable choreographer, who loves to track our everyday gestures, spent several months in residence at the University of Montpellier in 2015 and 2016. Immersed in this "city within a city" with its 45,000 students and 4,500 staff, Leonardo and his performers lived among its inhabitants, tracking down that rare thing: the "useless gesture."
Photographer Maxcasa now brings us still images of the choreographer's dynamic work. " Everything is there for the taking, but you have to seize it," he says. " If you run slower than the dancers, you'll never find your place. If you run too fast, they'll disappear behind a hidden door. Without warning, they create a space for dance between two staircases or two walls."

"Stories in the Spotlight"

A professional photographer based in Montpellier, specializing in reportage, Maxcasa also works in portraiture, architecture, live performance, studio photography, and video. " I tell stories through light, serving the people I photograph. I look at them with a subjective and benevolent eye, faithful to the trust they place in me. Responding to a smile with an image, constantly searching for the point of truth in a scene, bringing out the lines of a composition, allowing myself to be moved by a glance. Experiencing sublime moments, wonderful encounters, unlikely situations, so as not to forget anything and to enjoy everything we are given to see in order to offer it back in return."
In-Utile. A choreographic journey, photographs by Maxcasa
Traveling exhibition at the UM, from September 2017 to spring 2018:

• From September 26 to October 28 at LIRMM;
• From October 30 to November 24 at STAPS (Veyrassi Stadium Hall);
• From November 27 to December 21 at the Richter Library.