In this film, Jérémie Danon proposes to a group of Afro dancers (enjoying a certain recognition in sub-Saharan Africa) to organize an event in their country of residence, France. A battle in a private underground parking lot, without authorization, nor means, but with a common desire: to make live, here, a part of the culture which was transmitted to them.
Together, they created a unique 3D printed trophy, intended to reward the performer designated according to the rules of the battle as the best dancer.
Each dancer films him/herself, most often vertically, a reference format imposed by the Instagram aesthetic. The social network that they have seized has become the main tool for self-exposure and visibility of their practice.
With this film, they try to tell the importance and the necessity to appropriate places, to share one's cultural heritage and to obtain recognition.
The protagonists of the film are people with whom the artist grew up and the editing was made from images recovered from the cell phones and social networks of organizers, participants and the public present at the event.
Hamilton Patnelli
Jérémie Danon is interested in the individual, his identity, the place that society gives him. He meets people and builds connections. He immerses himself in worlds that are not immediately his own. From these relationships are born the observations and questions that his work is about. Jérémie Danon tries to give account of the time spent and the moments shared together by means of sound recordings, photography and video, which allow him to present a word and a story very directly. The resulting work is not only documentation but the transposition of a common experience, presented in the form of an installation.