Louis Hélaine

This album cover is the result of months of reflection and work on an important visual identity, that of Yilian Cañizares' next album: Habana–Bahia. The work began almost a year ago, with a simple idea — a woman with afrocut, looking towards the future, against a warm yellow background... A year later, here's the final result!

For a festival, it is a real challenge to get the signage out of a graphic charter that changes with each new edition. However, in the case of the Centre culturel de rencontre d’Ambronay, it was pertinent to question this long-standing habit. Because if the Festival d’Ambronay takes place every year for more than 43 years, the cultural activity outside the festival is more and more important every year.

It is in this will that I engaged with this structure a reflection around a reusable signage, more respectful of the environment, of the site’s activity and of its needs. Apart from the graphic identity, other issues were taken into account, in particular medium choices, with direct printing on wood for example. It allows a better improvement of the place and its buildings, a greater durability in time and a better accessibility for the public.

Jazz Migration is an ambitious project that has been working since 2002 to promote and develop young musicians on the French jazz scene. Today, it offers a complete 2-year support to numerous artists, including professional and artistic accompaniment, a tour of more than 90 concerts in France and Europe and contact with a large network of professionals.

As part of the 20th anniversary of the program, I worked on the editorial design a study and a leaflet on the overall impact of Jazz Migration since its creation.

Creation of the teaser for the Contre Temps exhibition at the CCR d’Ambronay, from July 2 to November 6, 2022.

In this place, which has witnessed a thousand years of history, Contre Temps takes the visitor on a journey from time immemorial to future projections, to take the pulse of the living being that is composed, decomposed and recomposed. At a time when the balance of power with nature has been reversed, when the fear that it will destroy us has given way to the fear of destroying it, it is the relationship with time that must be questioned and redefined. This journey is an invitation to operate against time, not against Time but “all against” in order to cultivate this feeling of respect towards the nature that surrounds us and constitutes us.

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Creation of the teaser for the exhibition Type Diretors Club at the exShop Galerie, from January 27 to February 26 2022.

The scenography of this exhibition was entirely realized by the students in master of graphic design at ECV Lille, in collaboration with the Atelier Téléscopique.

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In January 2022, two of my photos have been published in the second issue of Jazz Mig Mag.

Centered around the notion of emergence, this magazine is edited by the Association Jazzé Croisé, a collective that brings together 87 presenters defending a thoughtful programming, built on a militant and progressive idea of jazz.

This second issue is a collection of testimonies and reflections, which underline the extent to which the notions of networking and emergence are inseparable. It is published in 1,500 copies.

Referencing all the trade names is a laborious task. It is sometimes necessary to take the path of memory. The orphan picker, the guardian angel, the merchant of pleasure, probably do not evoke anything to you, whereas the blower, the milkman or the executioner are perhaps more familiar to you.

This unique and personal edition pays tribute to the forgotten trades of the last century.

Bande de Kencre is a fanzine imagined, created and designed by the graphic design students of ECV Lille. Produced in collaboration with Atelier Kencre, it is entirely printed in silkscreen. This first issue had been edited in 30 unique copies, numbered and presented in a personalized pack containing a poster and a flyer.

*The fanzine is an independent publication, periodical or not, created and realized by passionate amateurs for other passionate people. It is a craft medium that allows a great freedom of creation and expression. Sometimes critical, sometimes political, even polemist, the fanzine often adopts a militant tone. Contraction of fan and magazine, it is born from a collective of artists or from a single artist. Self-published, it escapes the commercial character of the traditional distribution channels.

Everyone collects. Collecting is a part of mankind, an archive of his relationship to the world. Which object should form a collection of today's world? Which object embodies rarity, power or wealth today? Which object is at the center of our societies of overconsumption?

This project is very personal and touches very closely to who I am, through what I do. I am collecting in spite of myself. I have been accumulating for several years all the tickets of the concerts I have seen. These tickets remind me of moments of life, choices, meetings and sharing.

They also symbolize a certain form of wealth that is very precious to me, which is cultural wealth. Sometimes accompanied by a photo or a footnote, these tickets are like words, and this collection like a diary.

Back to earth.

Magnifying the raw product and using it as a main material for the graphic creation. Through this creation, there is a real return to the roots of agriculture and market gardening, with a focus on localism and manual work. A graphic and symbolic game is set up between the product, local fruit and vegetables, and its well of energy, the earth. Back to earth...

*Raw foodism, also known as rawism, is the dietary practice of eating only or mostly food that is uncooked and unprocessed.

Visual creation of 5 covers for a collection.

1. Hats / 2. Masks / 3. Dogs
/ 4. Flags / 5. Birds

We all have our favorite albums. The ones that follow us everywhere through the years, the places and the people we meet. Little by little, these albums become part of us and our identity. We define ourselves with them.

This album by Bon Iver, released in 2018, is a UFO in the global musical landscape: simply unclassifiable. Since I discovered it, not a week goes by without me listening to this very singular album.

Through this exercise of reappropriating the graphic codes of a music streaming application, I wanted to play with the visual identity of this album. Two screens prototypes have been realized here, the album details (selection of tracks) and of course the player.

Alexandre Bodak is a French violinist, composer and producer. Coming from a classical background, he started playing the violin at a very young age, receiving the traditional Russian education.

He is the co-founder of Allard & Bodak, an original music composition and production company. In parallel, he specializes in the production of electronic music under the name of Bodak.

From the CRR in Paris to the prestigious Royal College in London, Alexandre is now developing as a music producer.

Film making is an important part of my experience.

In 2018, I was contacted by Chucho Valdés, legendary Cuban pianist, to make the filmic promotion of his album Jazz Batá 2. Working alone with such an artist was very formative, especially since he gave me a lot of freedom in the direction of the film.

Chucho Valdés “Jazz Batá 2” ft. Yilian Cañizares
- 100 Años de Bebo
Live at Théâtre Raymond Devos,
Tourcoing Jazz Festival,
October 20, 2018
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