VERSION FRANÇAISE APRES CE TEXTE 'Here is Nil, my daughter, one of my models. She is probably the one I took the most pictures of. On this picture, she is...
"Here is Nil, my daughter, one of my models. She is probably the one I took the most pictures of. On this picture, she is expressing herself freely on the blackboard. This blackboard is the focal point of our classroom. School time, for Nil and her older sister Dune, happens here, within this space, far from time constraints, examinations, and homework. Homeschooling is our freedom.
Nil had seized the piece of chalk hidden under the sponge. When she started to draw, the stroke was almost invisible. The chalk had absorbed the humidity of the sponge. If you take a look near her right hand, you will notice that it is only a subtle wet stroke.Yet in two seconds, right under Nil's eyes, the piece of chalk had dried out. The white color revealed itself on the black background. Nils realized this. Amused by this phenomenon, she kept on rambling her chalk on the board. Her movement became wider. She soon started hopping as she drew, and I felt like capturing these: her gesture, the jumps, the blackboard, this moment of freedom."
Alain Laboile
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"Je vous présente Nil, ma fille, l’un de mes modèles. Il s’agit probablement de celle que j’ai le plus photographié. Ici, elle s’exprime en toute liberté sur le tableau noir. Ce tableau, c’est le point central de notre salle de classe. L’école pour Nil, et Dune, sa soeur aînée, cela se passe ici, dans cet espace, loin des contraintes horaires, des évaluations, et autres devoirs. L’instruction en famille, c’est notre liberté. Nil a saisi la craie blanche, cachée sous l’éponge. Quand elle a commencé à dessiner, son trait était presque invisible. La craie avait absorbée l’humidité de l’éponge. Quand on s’approche de sa main droite, on peut le constater: le trait n’est qu’une discrète trace humide. Mais en deux secondes, sous les yeux de Nil, la craie sèche. Le blanc se révèle, sur le fond noir du tableau. Nil en prends conscience. Amusée par le phénomène, elle continue de promener sa craie sur le tableau. Son geste devient plus ample. Elle l’accompagne bientôt de petits sauts coordonnés que j’ai eu envie de saisir. Capturer le geste, le saut, le tableau, le moment de liberté."A. Laboile
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