FROM ALSACE TO THE WORLD

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A JOURNEY THROUGH THE ARCHIVES OF ALBERT KAHN'S PLANET
As part of UNESCO's "Reading our World" program for the year Strasbourg is World Book Capital. Strasbourg's National and University Library invites visitors on a journey through the Archives of the Planet. This photographic and film collection project was initiated by businessman and philanthropist Albert Kahn, with the aim of promoting mutual understanding between human societies and understanding between peoples.
The exhibition is co-produced with the Musée départemental Albert Kahn - Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
L'exposition de l'Alsace au monde : voyage à travers les Archives de la Planète d'Albert Kahn est une co-production entre la Bnu et le Musée départemental Albert Kahn (Conseil général des Hauts-de-Seine). Inscrite dans la programmation Strasbourg, Capitale mondiale du livre de l'UNESCO, elle invite à un temps de réflexion sur les liens qui unissent les cultures humaines à travers le temps et l'espace.

Rassemblant plus de 150 images sélectionnées par les commissaires, Adrien Genoudet, Jérôme Schweitzer et Benoît Wirrmann, le parcours fait la part belle aux autochromes, l'un des premiers procédés photographiques en couleur mais aussi aux films qui forment ensemble les Archives de la Planète imaginées par Albert Kahn.

Ce projet avait pour objectif de contribuer à la compréhension mutuelle des peuples dans l'ambition d'œuvrer à la paix universelle. Comme un écho avec notre époque, à cent ans de distance, ces archives nous donnent à voir à la fois ce qui unit l'humanité mais aussi sa fragilité face à un monde en plein bouleversement.
Le commissariat de l’exposition a été assuré par : Adrien Genoudet (écrivain et cinéaste), Jérôme Schweitzer (Bnu) et Benoît Wirrmann (Bnu) assistés par Xavier Truti, Odile Gozillon-Fronsacq et Florian Herry.
Cette exposition bénéficie du soutien exceptionnel de la Caisse des dépôts et de la Fondation du judaïsme français.
Un cycle de conférences et de projections accompagne l’événement entre septembre et janvier, plus de détails dans l’agenda culturel.
Les éditions de la Bnu publient un catalogue sous la direction des commissaires de l'exposition : il est en vente à la Bnu, en ligne et il est disponible chez vos libraires.
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