Domènec Spain, b. 1962
Ville-Usine, 2017
Print on Dibond.
4 parts; 44 x 30 cm. each.
Ediiton of 1 plus 1 artist's proof
The observation of the suburban cities continues in the Ville-Usine project (2017) in which Domènec shows us its findings in the archive of the Ville Saint-Fons, a city located at...
The observation of the suburban cities continues in the Ville-Usine project (2017) in which Domènec shows us its findings in the archive of the Ville Saint-Fons, a city located at south Lyon and an important centre of chemical-textile industry during the XIX century. These findings are four photos that show different portraits of worker groups in the factories of the city. Woman and male workers protests along with people from colonies in Africa, Indochina or Vietnam, showing how industrial development and capitalism motivated the first waves of migration long time before the Second World War.