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Part 1: The Archives of Gilles Porte

1-6: The Archives

The picture archive

At present, as already mentioned, the picture archive consists of more than 4000 drawings of the same amount of children, in the sense of selfportraits. At the time of drawing, most of the children were of age three to six. Drawings from 38 countries and five continents are documented.

The film archive

At present, as also mentioned, the film archive consists of more than 600 recordings of the drawing process, documenting the same amount of children. Again, they draw themselves. At the time of drawing, most of the children were of age three to six. Recordings from 21 countries and five continents do exist.