108 pages Edited by Joachim Romain Text(s) by Renaud Faroux, Sophie Viguier, Point Contemporain Photograph(s) by Axelle Poulaillon, Hanoh Szpira, Joachim Romain Designed by Christophe Andrusin Pomme C Pomme V 23,5 x 16,5 cm Language: French & English Hardback Publisher: Self-Published with the Support of Le Grand Jeu Standard edition of 200 hand-numbered copies Limited editions of 30 sculptural pieces made from street posters collected in different cities, assembled into 3D forms and sealed in resin. Some editions are dedicated to a single city (Barcelona, Berlin, Istanbul), others mix materials from multiple urban territories 2026
With Affichage Libre, Joachim Romain turns the city into an open-air studio. A photographer and visual artist, he works directly on urban walls—tearing, peeling, and sculpting posters to reveal unexpected forms. From these gestures emerge layered, sculptural compositions where fragments of paper unfold like living matter. In the lineage of poster artists and the New Realists, his work diverts the codes of advertising and questions our saturated visual environment. Balancing a critique of overconsumption with a fascination for urban traces, his pieces capture the raw, ephemeral energy of the city. Photographed and then left behind to disappear, these installations survive only through the image, becoming archives of a changing present. A book that uncovers an archaeology of everyday life beneath the surface of the walls.
