« The Fluorescent people » (based on an idea by Gilles Crampes and Marc Lathuillière) In Northern Thailand, a village of the Lisu hilltribe is confronted with an invasion of strange installations made of colourful mass consumption products. Pink balls, jelly pots or pvc pipes design futuristic scenes in which the villagers pose in their usual flashy costumes.

Based on this participative experiment, the exhibition showcases staged photographs as well as pieces accounting for the artist's interventions during the Lisu New Year. These include a fluorescent lights installation and a led-lit headdress.

Both poetic and critical, this unusual project aims at questioning the ethnocentric vision photography tends to give of minority we deem « traditional ».

Marc Lathuilliere was a freelance reporter before taking up photography. His true/false documentaries Transkoreana (2003-2004) and France Face Perdue (2004-2010), highlight our ethnocentric vision and the way we view the "exotic others". A deconstruction of photography, which through two Thai projects Toyland (2005-2007) and now The Fluorescent people, show himself questioning his own pictures through performances and installations. Represented in Paris by the Eric Mircher gallery, Marc Lathuillière's work has been exhibited in Asia (Hong Kong, Bangkok, Séoul, Manila etc) in France and in the US. The Museum of Siam opened in April 2008, in a beautiful 19th century building close to Wat Pho. Its mission is to educate the public at large about the history and origins of the Thai people through multimedia exhibitions. It is the first time this museum is displaying contemporary art. www.lathuilliere.com The exhibition is produced by LA FETE.