Laurence Rasti

Currently in progress as part of the Neuchâtel Photographic Investigation Grant 2023, the project addresses the significant overrepresentation of vulnerable individuals in the Swiss carceral system. The project aims to understand, through discussions with detainees, various scholars and theorists, the reasons behind this, which appear to be a willful punishment of the poor, often with a migratory background. The project is a collaborative effort, involving the creation of pinhole images by the inmates themselves. The goal of this project is to empower incarcerated individuals as authors and experts of their own situations, seeking to provoke critical reflection on the prison system and its potential shortcomings. A publication and exhibition resulting from this work are scheduled for October 2024 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Le Locle.