The Sublime Objet exhibition celebrates 200 years since the invention of photography, taking on unusual camera obscuras and revealing early processes such as wet collodion.
Presented every year as part of the Journées de l’Artisanat, the “Sublime Objet” exhibition calls on artists who use artisanal know-how in their practice, as well as craftspeople whose creations can rightly be called “masterpieces.” For its 11th edition, titled “Dark Chamber and Light Chamber,” artists and craftspeople have imagined boxes capable of capturing a certain image of the world, real or dreamed. “Camera obscura” devices for experiencing the optical phenomenon behind the discovery of photography, polyoramas, illuminated scenes, light creations made from daguerreotypes, lumino-kinetic objects, ambrotypes and ferrotypes produced using the wet collodion process — these are just some of the photographic objects to discover in this playful, poetic exhibition that pays tribute to the early processes of the pioneers and discoverers. Sublime Objet 2026; Credits: Les Colporteurs The exhibition “Lumières de Belleville,” with its light boxes playing with light and revealed worlds, echoes the theme of photography. With artists and craftspeople: Atelier Figura Sfondo, Serge Barto, Ariel bertrand, Clément Briend, Marie Fargeot, Solange Jungers, Mô Mathey, Gilles Rémond (Collodion Paris), Alexis Parmantier. Alongside the exhibitions, a selection of films about bygone trades and the craftspeople of Belleville in the last century also forms part of the first edition of the CinéBelleville film festival.
Source: paris.fr — photo: Atelier Serge Barto