Monsieur Chat

December 26, 2006 1:37 PM

(flickr slideshow), subject of a documentary by Chris Marker. Enigmatic expression of Paris youth. Symbol of..? Les chats with copyright symbols have meaning for me. Flickr pool here.
posted by CCBC (7 comments total)

Title: Monsieur Chat. Somehow got lost.
posted by CCBC at 1:57 PM on December 26, 2006

tofz4u's a prodigious photographer of
Paris Street Art. His photos are worth checking out. Some other street artist favourites: Mesnager, L'Atlas, Space Invader.
posted by Nelson at 2:37 PM on December 26, 2006

The sorta-stylized copyright symbol (see here, from some blog and possibly not in the flickr pool) is wonderfully, subtly ireverrent. Or maybe I'm looking too hard.
posted by thisjax at 6:24 PM on December 26, 2006

we were just talking about Marker the other day. Thanks, CCBC.
posted by shoepal at 6:42 PM on December 26, 2006

Can someone clue me in to what the cat represents, other than being yellow and awesome?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:59 PM on December 26, 2006

thisjax: several copyright symbolled cats are in the flickr links. Deconstruction of the icon? I don't know, but I thought it was funny.grapefruit: meaning, uh, well... something to do with irreverant youth, archetypal cats who Know things (cf.Lewis Carrol), and whatever else the artist had in mind at the time. Seriously, how do you explain this kind of meme? Think of Kilroy-was-here in the 40s, what did that mean? This is a you-had-to-be-there thing that will probably be appropriated by commercial forces soon, thus the edge behind the copyright symbol.
posted by CCBC at 4:30 AM on December 27, 2006

Cool. I have a few photos of this cat from my visit to Paris a couple of years ago. I noticed it in a few places and loved the design. I'm very, very tempted to get a small tattoo of the image...

Thanks, CCBC.
posted by corvine at 6:25 AM on December 27, 2006