Testimonials

1.
Depuis toujours, nous sommes tous migrants.

2.
Nous n'étions pas encore l'espèce que nous sommes aujourd'hui,
et nous traversions déjà le monde.

3.
Nous sommes devenus humains
au milieu d’un perpétuel va-et-vient.

Not all those who wander are lost.

J.R.R. Tolkien.

En mai, j'étais à Bruxelles et, grâce au contact d'un ami, j'ai séjourné à la Maison Josefa qui participe de la Fondation Josefa.

Interested in exploring the notions of collectiveness and inhabitation breaking away from its traditional paths that are often dictated by homogeneity and monetary criteria, I came to encounter Josefa. A place that I view and recognize as one positioning and reflecting on our existence as being all migrants settling in the world as passers-by with unique identities and thereby considering inhabitation besides a solely functional and material side.

Bernard,

I learned that you would never again return to the Josefa House where you were staying, on March 21, 2023, the day of spring, the day when the living comes back to visit us to let us know, by this recurrence, by its frequent incursions into our lives, that it is eternal.

"May He who is perhaps dilate the heart of man to the measure of all life".

L’Oeuvre au noir (1968); Marguerite Yourcenar

There are moments when I feel sedentary. Moments with well-defined edges. These are often the ones that give rise to souvenir photos, images that can be shared...