Over the rainbow… That’s what we might be tempted to think after attending this first edition of the “Night of the Year” on Rainbow Street here in Amman. A selection of images from the “Night of the Year” at the Rencontres d’Arles festival last summer was projected onto eight large screens, with the addition of several never-before-seen images from the Jordanian photography scene. Passersby could discover some of the most stunning photographs from 2012 through a dynamic and brilliant montage, the likes of which the audience here in Amman had rarely seen.
“We chose to hold the event in a really working-class neighborhood,” says the photographer Julien Mignot, who coordinated the night. “We wanted to reach not only the people who come to the exhibitions, but also the local people who might have less experience with photography.”
The projection helped strengthen the already robust link between France and Jordan. An exchange program has already been planned between the Image Festival and the Rencontres d’Arles. This summer, a special presentation of the Amman version of the “Night of the Year” will be exhibited at the French festival.
Fanny Lambert
Projection
La Nuit de l’Année par les Rencontre d’Arles
29 – 30 march 2013 – 9pm – 1am
Jabal Amman – Rainbow Street and around
Amman
Art Direction of Rencontres d’Arles : Claudine Maugendre and Aurélien Valette
Artistic coordination Jordan : Julien Mignot
Coordination and post-production Jordan : François Girard
