Adventures in temporary art
October 19, 2013 4:57 PM Subscribe
Paris 13 is a massive art exhibit inside a soon to be demolished building in France's capital. [via MyModernMet]
An image gallery with a list of the featured artists. Galleries from Flickr, Instagram and Google Images.
An image gallery with a list of the featured artists. Galleries from Flickr, Instagram and Google Images.
For those of you thinking about going in the next couple weeks, keep in mind that the long line to enter is part of the experience. Expect a 2-3 hour wait. The next few days may be ideal for a visit: rainy weekdays!
(Lovely title, by the way!)
posted by whatzit at 12:35 AM on October 20, 2013
(Lovely title, by the way!)
posted by whatzit at 12:35 AM on October 20, 2013
Great stuff. I'm a big fan of C215- who has some great stencils in the show.
posted by cushie at 12:41 PM on October 20, 2013
posted by cushie at 12:41 PM on October 20, 2013
My city had a couple of these recently: Wreck City and Phantom Wing. I really enjoyed both shows.
Wreck City was half a block of 100-year old wood frame houses that some in heritage and affordable housing/poor artist circles would have preferred to keep around. It seems that the property developers saw Wreck City as a concession to the community that wanted to keep the houses, when in reality it doesn't cost them anything more than renting out a bunch of run-down buildings for free for two weeks. The side effect is that maybe we'll see more of this - we get art, and the developer gets to look good and have an easier time taking down the buildings, but in the end the buildings are still gone.
Phantom Wing is a happier story, though. The 100-year old sandstone King Edward School is going to be an art focused space, and as a part of the plan, the city wanted to knock down a 1960s addition and build a new glass addition that would act as a gallery.
posted by Pruitt-Igoe at 2:22 PM on October 20, 2013 [1 favorite]
Wreck City was half a block of 100-year old wood frame houses that some in heritage and affordable housing/poor artist circles would have preferred to keep around. It seems that the property developers saw Wreck City as a concession to the community that wanted to keep the houses, when in reality it doesn't cost them anything more than renting out a bunch of run-down buildings for free for two weeks. The side effect is that maybe we'll see more of this - we get art, and the developer gets to look good and have an easier time taking down the buildings, but in the end the buildings are still gone.
Phantom Wing is a happier story, though. The 100-year old sandstone King Edward School is going to be an art focused space, and as a part of the plan, the city wanted to knock down a 1960s addition and build a new glass addition that would act as a gallery.
posted by Pruitt-Igoe at 2:22 PM on October 20, 2013 [1 favorite]
People are lining up at, oh, four am - because they are only letting in a thousand people a day, and that many are waiting in line by nine am. They should keep it open another month. Ephemeral thing is fleeting
posted by From Bklyn at 7:28 AM on October 24, 2013
posted by From Bklyn at 7:28 AM on October 24, 2013
4am now, no kidding? The number of days per year I spend camped out at the ass-crack of dawn in Paris is getting higher than I'd like it to be (ideally, 0, but I'm already on a second hand for 2013. Crikey.)
posted by whatzit at 7:55 AM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by whatzit at 7:55 AM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
I gotta say, it looked pretty damn cool from the outside...
posted by From Bklyn at 3:30 PM on October 24, 2013
posted by From Bklyn at 3:30 PM on October 24, 2013
I didn't go inside, but my friends took pictures of, like, EVERYTHING when they went, and did a slideshow over a home raclette party. That was enough for me!
posted by whatzit at 10:36 AM on October 25, 2013
posted by whatzit at 10:36 AM on October 25, 2013
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