PhotoSaintGermain - Room Service N°5

Room Service 5, The Silent Watchers

Within the walls of La Louisiane, time keeps the imprint of passing bodies and the memory of creative insomnia. From the manuscripts of the Beat Generation to the solos of Miles Davis, this hotel on rue de Seine has long been a refuge for rebellious spirits; a true Parisian counterpart to the Chelsea Hotel, where the margins establish themselves as a territory of survival. On the occasion of Photo Saint-Germain, nine rooms open their doors to dark fictions. The exhibition transforms the hotel into a liberated territory, a poetic refuge where desire, night and the refusal of norms interact.

Through photographs and films taken by nine artists from the 1960s to the present day, the works reveal the brilliance of subcultures, kept secrets and stolen fragments of life. Interweaving intimate archives and contemporary visions, the journey gives substance to forgotten trajectories and clandestine lives. The bedroom then ceases to be a simple shelter to become a sanctuary of vulnerability and the geographies of the intimate. -Martha Kirszenbaum

With Michel Auder, Michella Bredahl, Tohé Commaret, Alassan Diawara, Tom Wood (list in progress)

This exhibition takes place as part of the PhotoSaintGermain festival. Organized in the heart of Paris, in the emblematic district of Saint‐Germain‐des‐Prés, PhotoSaintGermain is an annual festival intended to promote photographic creation.

PhotoSaintGermain offers a free and open access tour of exhibitions in a selection of museums, cultural centers, galleries and bookstores on the Left Bank. This tour highlights a cutting-edge and eclectic program designed by the associated galleries, as well as several original exhibitions and new projects imagined and produced by the festival.