LE GALION EN MODE RÉVOLUTION: A Story of Media and Territorial Resistance Against the Erasure of the Banlieues is a publication edited by the artist and filmmaker Erika Roux, which centers on a pivotal struggle led by the grassroots organisation La Révolution est en Marche (LREEM) between 2017 and 2019 to preserve the Galion, a significant community building in Aulnay-sous-Bois in the Parisian banlieue. Drawing on cellphone footage shared by LREEM, the publication retells the collective’s struggle while critically engaging with issues of gentrification, the neo-colonial dimensions of urban planning in France, and LREEM’s efforts to reclaim agency over their territory and representation through social media.


A project by Erika Roux with La Révolution est en marche

Editorial direction and coordination: Erika Roux
Text editing: Virginie Bobin, Maxime Brousse, Harriet Foyster, Matthieu Ortalda
Proofreading: Maxime Brousse, Matthieu Ortalda
Translation: Erika Roux
Videos: La Révolution est en marche
Transcripts: Erika Roux
Design: Rudy Guedj
Typefaces: Times, Helvetica, Impact 2016 (Jung-Lee Type Foundry)
Printing: Printon
Publisher: Building Fictions, Amsterdam



You can order the book by email: erikarvb@gmail.com

LE GALION EN MODE RÉVOLUTION is supported by CBK Rotterdam, Mondriaan Fonds.