friendship
LE monde
BEHIND THE SCENE
Marion Dupont, a journalist, has written six articles for the L’été des idées section of Le Monde, published in the first days of August 2023.
The creative direction reached out to me to address the topic at hand: friendship.
MY IDEA
I believe that, in this society that is entirely liquid, as Zygmunt Bauman described it, friendship stands as a counterforce to rampant individualism and creates a new kind of connection between people—if it is deep and meaningful. Friendship heals, supports, and becomes the cornerstone for building a new society.
A society that is less “liquid,” but fluid and structured in a different way.
Where the most ‘institutionalized’ relationships lose their significance, friendship appears to establish new certainties in people’s hearts.
The friend observes, respects, educates, and loves the other, allowing them to be themselves.
From this foundation, the new generations growing up in these new family structures gain the strength to face life’s struggles with sincerity and full autonomy. Friendship becomes an alliance against alienation.
Dupont proposes six articles under the title The Metamorphoses of Friendship. One of the illustrations is currently on display at the Oscar Niemeyer Library in Le Havre, as part of the exhibition ~ QUAND LA PRESSE S’ILLUSTRE #4 and it was selected by the Society of Illustrators of LA – Illustration West 62
