2024montreuilBel Air, Grands-Pêchers · Rocinha, Júlio Otonifrance
premières rencontres entre montreuil et rio
Between Bel Air and Grands-Pêchers, in Montreuil, and the favelas of Rocinha and Júlio Otoni, in Rio, young people tell their stories through sport, in the year of the Olympic Games: a booklet in two voices, in French and Portuguese.
- formats
- mediums
- place
- montreuil · Bel Air, Grands-Pêchers · Rocinha, Júlio Otoni
- partners
- Centre social du Grand Air
- public presentation
- The bilingual booklet “blr rio” and exhibitions in Montreuil and in Rocinha.
In 2024, the year the Olympic flame passed through Bel Air, young people from the Grand Air community center, in Montreuil, and from Rocinha and Júlio Otoni, in Rio de Janeiro, photographed their neighborhoods with a special eye on sport: the Grands-Pêchers stadium, the skatepark, cricket at the Jean Delbert stadium, football at Portão Vermelho, jiu-jitsu, tennis, dominoes among friends.
“Our neighborhood is in a town east of Paris called Montreuil. It's a friendly neighborhood where everyone knows everyone,” write some. “Rocinha is the largest favela in Latin America. Culture and diversity are very present there,” answer the others. The two groups met through what they made: photographs, sound capsules and texts, gathered in the booklet “blr rio” and exhibited on both sides.
the booklet
blr rio, page by page
The photographs from Bel Air and Rocinha answer each other, each with its title and the words of the person who took it, in French or in Portuguese.
wall 01
o jogador
Aqui é uma quadra de tênis. Vemos um homem jogador de tênis. Tá parado para o fotógrafo. Escolhi essa foto porque me interessa muito esse esporte.
le cricket du bel-air
In this photo you can see friends playing cricket on the Jean Delbert athletics field.
amigos do jujitsu
São meus amigos que fazem jujitsu no Portão Vermelho. Escolho porque é amizade.
les footballeuses du 93
In this photo you see two girls on the railings at the FC Montreuil football ground.
wall 02
esporte é importante
Jovens podem ser vistos jogando futebol no Portão Vermelho. Futebol no Brasil é bem importante. A seleção brasileira tem 5 mundiais e grandes craques como Ronaldo, Pelé, Neymar.
le stade des grands-pêchers
You can see a kid playing football and kicking the ball. This is the Montreuil club's ground. This photo reminds me of my youth and my childhood.
wall 03
diversité au skatepark
I chose this photo because it shows the diversity at the skatepark. You see a young person on a freestyle scooter in the foreground, and behind, two skaters and a child on a bike. All the board and wheel sports are here.
bicicleta
Um menino do bairro andando de bicicleta na pequena praça. Gostamos de passar o tempo com os amigos aqui e brincar. A foto é légal!
wall 04
la flamme du bel-air
This photo was taken in Bel-Air, where the Olympic flame passed through. I chose this photo because it's an important moment of the Olympics.
o jogo
Nessa foto a gente tá jogando no dominó entre amigos.
photographs and captions: the young people of Bel Air and Rocinha
in pictures
photographs and captions: the young people of Bel Air and Rocinha
public presentation · 2024
on both sides
In the alleys of Rocinha, the posters were pasted on the walls, right where the photos had been taken; in Montreuil, the images from Rio joined those from Bel Air.
photographs and captions: the young people of Bel Air and Rocinha
the booklet
Eleven pages: the Rocinha text, the photographs from Bel Air and Rocinha, their titles and captions in French and Portuguese.
