L’esprit du lieu : Processus de création

This panel discussion looks back at the editorial project L’esprit du lieu / El espíritu del lugar, co-published by Casa de Velázquez and Éditions Loco (Artis amore collection n°11, 2025), which brings together two photographic campaigns carried out thirty years apart.

Black-and-white portraits of staff, leadership, residents, and fellows from 1993/94 dialogue with those from 2023/24, alongside color views of spaces and workshops captured in 2023/24, composing a sensitive picture of the institution facing history.

Discussions will intersect the approaches of the photographer and speakers to examine how architecture, memory, and collective life nourish the research and creation process at Casa de Velázquez.

Moderated by Corinne Cristini, photography specialist within CRIMIC, this panel discussion will bring together, in dialogue with photographer Max Armengaud, author of L’esprit du lieu / El espíritu del lugar, Nancy Berthier, director of Casa de Velázquez and university professor, and Jean-Yves Bloch, filmmaker and author of a short film to be screened as well as an in-progress feature documentary on the photographer's career.

Confronting these perspectives and practices will allow exploring Max Armengaud's work through the book and illuminating its institutional, memorial, and aesthetic dimensions.