ÉCOLE KOURTRAJMÉ X VERLAN

ÉCOLE KOURTRAJMÉ AND VERLAN COLLABORATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SCHOOL. FOR THE EVENT, 125 T-SHIRTS, ALL HAND-NUMBERED, HAVE BEEN PRODUCED, OF WHICH 25 WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE STUDENTS. EXCLUSIVELY SOLD ON OUR WEBSITE:  THE T-SHIRTS OF THE COLLABORATION, THE ÉCOLE KOURTRAJMÉ BOOK AND A BUNDLE OF THE TWO PRODUCTS. ALL AVAILABLE HERE. 

ÉCOLE KOURTRAJMÉ IS THE SECOND COLLABORATION OF VERLAN "ART FOR ALL" PROGRAM", AN INITIATIVE THAT AIMS AT PROMOTING ART AND ITS ACCESSIBILITY VIA A SERIES OF NON-PROFIT COLLABORATIONS. THE PROFIT RAISED WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE SET-UP OF THE FUTURE MASTERCLASSES AND TO THE PRODUCING OF THE SHORT-FILMS SHOT BY THE STUDENTS.

WILL BE PRINTED ON THE T-SHIRTS THE KOURTRAJMÉ SCHOOL LOGO ON THE CHEST AND ON THE LOWER PART OF THE BACK, VERLAN LOGO ON THE SLEEVE AND, A LARGE-SCALE WINK TO AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED, SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST.

KOURTRAJMÉ, SLANG FOR "COURT MÉTRAGE" (SHORT FILM) IS A FRENCH NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION AND ARTIST COLLECTIVE WORKING IN AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA. CREATED IN 1994 BY KIM CHAPIRON, TOUMANI SANGARÉ AND ROMAIN GAVRAS, TODAY IT BRINGS TOGETHER 135 ACTIVE MEMBERS AND MULTIPLE AREAS OF ARTISTIC PRACTICE. 

THE ÉCOLE KOURTRAJMÉ WAS CREATED BY LADJ LY IN 2018. IN 2020, IT HAS BEEN FURTHER DEVELOPED BY LUDIVINE SAGNIER WITH THE OPENING OF THE ACTOR COURSE AND BY JR WITH THE OPENING ART AND IMAGE DEPARTMENT. THE LATTER, FOCUSING ON PHOTOGRAPHY, IS OPEN TO ARTISTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND WORKING IN OTHER FORMS OF MEDIA, SUCH AS PAINTINGS, VIDEO, OR DRAWINGS. 

JR IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED, SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST. HAVING NEVER RECEIVED ANY TRAINING, HIS ARTISTIC OUTPUT COMES SOLELY FROM HIS IDEAS, THE DESIRE TO CREATE AND THE DETERMINATION TO BRING HIS WORKS TO LIFE. 

VERLAN, SLANG FOR “À L’ENVERS” (UPSIDE-DOWN) IS READY-TO-WEAR BRAND THAT, AS ITS NAME PUTS IT, THINKS REVERSE IN ORDER TO RECONCILE OPPOSITES:

• ORIGINALITY AND TIMELESS
• LIMITED EDITION AND ACCESSIBILITY
• NAUGHTY AND SUSTAINABILITY

IT IS A BRAND FOR A GENERATION THAT UNITES AROUND POP CULTURE WHILE SHARING THE SAME SENSITIVITY TO A TIMELESS AESTHETIC AND QUIRKY SUBJECTS SUCH AS JEAN PROUVÉ AND THE PSG, CY TWOMBLY AND FONKY FAMILY, WES AND PAMELA ANDERSON.

LAUNCHED IN PARIS IN 2019, VERLAN IS OPERATED BY ITS FOUNDER LUCCA LAMOINE.