1fa9f.space

Charles Thiefaine
β€œAft”
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September 4 -
November 20, 2025

104 rue Paradis, 13006 Marseille
24/7

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1fa9f.space is an exhibition window πŸͺŸπŸ‘€ located at 104 rue Paradis in Marseille β˜€. A non-profit space that showcases the work of both emerging and established artists πŸ‘«πŸ‘¬ on the local and 🌍 international scene. 1fa9f is a platform for the diffusion of contemporary art.

  • Founded in 2024 by Victoire Coyon, Adrien Menard and their friends, πŸ‘«πŸ‘« this project is distinguished by its form: a shallow vitrine πŸͺŸ(143Γ—78Γ—19 cm) on-view to passersby come day or night πŸš—πŸ‘¬πŸˆ.

  • The window takes its name from the unicode (U+) value of the character (Window): πŸͺŸ in emoji language: 1fa9f.

  • Departing from the traditional format of commercial galleries, 1fa9f.space's exhibition program resembles that of a kunsthalle πŸ›, with longer presentation timelines (trimonthly) allowing visitors to engage with the works and show programming for the duration of a season πŸŒ₯.

  • The curatorial approach focuses on practices of research and experimentation πŸŒ€ that question our habits, behaviors and contexts: whether material or immaterial. 1fa9f attempts to convey the realities in which we live today.

Exposition en cours

Sept. 4th - Nov. 20th, 2025
Charles Thiefaine
β€œAft”⛡ ✊

1fa9f continues its exhibition program with photographer Charles Thiefaine. With Aft, he presents a series shot aboard the Ocean Viking with SOS MΓ©diterranΓ©e, capturing intimate and fragile moments within a space of refuge and waiting at sea.

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104 rue Paradis, 13006 Marseilleβœ‰οΈcontact@1fa9f.spaceπŸŒ€Instagram

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Art direction & Design by edition.studio πŸ‘«β€¨

Coding by πŸ‘½Β Julien Privat

Vitrine πŸ— by Lionel Dalmazzini

Projet supported by Focus Focus

Sept. 4th - Nov. 20th, 2025
Charles Thiefaine
β€œAft”⛡ ✊

Charles questions contemporary mobility and their representations. His photography oscillates between document and perspective, weaving fragmented stories that reveal lives and Conflict-ridden areas.
In Aft, he photographs the stern of a ship that has become a living space. A place of waiting and refuge, where people smoke cigarettes, dry their shoes, feed the birds, or search for cell phone reception. It is also a space for intimacy, exchanges, mundane gestures, and suspended moments.
Produced between 2024 and 2025 during crossings in the central Mediterranean, the series shows how a confined space is appropriated, the strategies people devise to stave off boredom, and the fragile bonds forged at sea. The Aft series recounts ordinary moments set in a liminal time, between what is no longer and what is not yet, along a route marked by violence, death, and the disappearance of thousands of people each year.
The aim here is to propose a singular document that resists the reductive narratives of the media when it comes to migration. Finally, these images attempt to reaffirm individuality and to recount, in fragments, waiting, fear, joy, and tenderness.