WORLD PROJECT

GENESIS

At the far reaches of the world, some peoples continue to live according to ancestral traditions and cultures, carrying histories and knowledge passed down through the ages. Humanity shares this invisible thread, this bond that, across time and space, endlessly weaves bridges between individuals. Civilization stands here as a thoughtful observer, a living archive dedicated to shedding light on the subtleties that shape our history and our world.

This project aims to bear witness to lives, rituals, and little-known customs, revealing another vision of civilization, a humanity evolving in silence, yet profoundly enriching the common heritage. These communities are not in opposition to "modernity"; rather, they coexist with it in a subtle harmony, demonstrating a delicate balance between legacy and the present. Civilization is not merely a documentary endeavor; it is a reflection on coexistence.

What is the reality? How do ancient traditions integrate into a globalized world? How do the stories of some enrich those of others? This exploration, which will begin in Central Asia, will extend to many other regions, seeking the diversity of human experience while engaging with the transformations of our time.

A Living Dialogue:

Echoes Between Cultures

At the heart of Civilization lies not only observation but also listening and interaction. My ambition is to establish a dialogue with the peoples encountered through a shared set of questions. Universal questions about life, identity, existence, and the paradigm of the world will resonate across different communities, revealing unexpected echoes and unseen cultural bridges.

This living dialogue will explore how communities, sometimes geographically isolated, share a deeply connected vision of the world despite their differences. Civilization will go beyond the documentary lens to become a conversation across times and cultures, offering reflections on the great human questions through the voices of those who wish to share them from the most remote places on Earth to those closer to what we call today "civilization".

We live far from one another.

Some sleep beneath rooftops, others in tents, in forests, on stone, or in the snow.

Our languages sound nothing alike, and our gestures even less.

And yet, something connects them.

A subtle thread, almost invisible.

A common fabric, only visible when we take the time to look differently.

This project stems from a simple intuition: despite everything that sets us apart, the human community shares a hidden thread.

We love, we dream, we pass things on, we laugh, we cry, we try to make sense of why we’re here.

Each people, each community has its own forms, but beneath those forms lies a shared substance.

An ancient memory, a shared momentum.

That’s the connection I seek to capture.

Not to document the “other”, but to recognize ourselves in them.

CIVILIZATION is not a project about differences.

It’s a project about what we hold in common deep down.

What we share even before we know how to name it.

A universal rhythm, a collective breath that flows through gestures, rituals, and silences.

What we don’t notice at first, but that slowly emerges if we listen long enough.

What we sometimes feel in a glance exchanged without words, in the way a fire is made, in a song passed on without ever being written.

This human fabric, this underground thread, it doesn’t divide.

It connects.

It doesn’t erase our differences, it moves through them.

It gives them meaning. It makes them beautiful.

My role here is not to explain.

It’s to observe, without judgment.

To be present when things happen.

To make this thread visible, the one that connects people across borders, centuries, and beliefs.

To show that behind what we think is foreign, there’s often something familiar.

A part of ourselves.

This project is a testimony to that mutual recognition.

A way of saying: “I see you,” but also,

“I see myself in you.”