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My name is Laure-Hélène Perrocheau. I’ve been communications officer
for the Societe Generale contemporary art Collection since 2006.
So there are more than 350 works of art in this Collection,
as well as 700 lithographs.
Each year, we welcome more than 1,000 children
to our towers to visit the Collection.
My name is Marine Drouin. I’m cultural mediator.
I have designed a guided tour of the Collection
for children aged between 6 and 12 years old.
Children are very inquisitive when faced with these works of art.
When you enter the room, it feels a little magic, but then you see things...
So what kind of magic did Philippe Ramette use?
To make it stick, he used... iron? You’re not restricted like you are when you visit an exhibition in a museum
where there’s a lot going on around you. It’s nice and calm here,
which makes it very pleasant for them.
And at the end they are always delighted.
I’m Julie Chergui.
Today, I’m taking my son Kyllian around the Societe Generale Collection.
It’s interesting to bring Kyllian here to La Défense,
to this business quarter and its unique architecture.
Discovering contemporary art is important for me because
it opens children’s minds to other things
that you can’t always access on a daily basis.
With his nails. That’s how he did it.
To give it some substance.
As you say, sometimes he used a tool and other times just his hands.
So there you can see it was a tool.
The Societe Generale contemporary art Collection
was instigated in 1995 for Societe Generale employees.
I’m proud to be a part of the team responsible for opening up
the Collection to a broad public, and notably to children.