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BERNARD FAUCON

BERNARD FAUCON

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Saint Martian, the enchanted hill

Projection in the Chengdu Cabanon

In Provence, a cabanon is a tiny house by the sea or mountains where we meet friends who share the same passion: fishing, hunting, mushrooms, wine!

Bernard’s Cabanon in Chengdu is sort of the sum of all the Faucon family’s cabanons, the memory of their passions. And since Bernard is the last survivor of the Faucon family, it is also the tomb, a mausoleum for his brothers, Pierre and Jean, parents Francis and Mady, grandparents Tatié, Odette, Joseph and Bertin.

All the objects in the cabanon have come from family mythology… the pot where the Christmas tree was planted, Mady’s postcard holder, Tatié’s clock that would ring in the hours of childhood, the pottery produced by Joseph, Jean and Pierre, memories of Bertin’s African campaigns, of Joseph’s Moroccan saga, portraits of Odette and Mady at the height of their beauty, Bernard’s paintings, accessories of his stagings, etc.

At once a workshop, a room of love and a tomb, this cabanon is a gift to the Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum intended to accompany the permanent exhibit of Bernard’s photos.

In a corner of the wall, a slideshow evokes a hundred photos, taken by friends of the Faucons and the Faucons themselves, the great hours of Saint Martian.

Here they are…