Posts tagged france
Alésia Museum Visitor’s Centre by Bernard Tschumi Architects -“The cylindrical centre occupies the same position held by the Roman army during a historic battle against the Gauls over 2000 years ago and its wooden exterior references the timber fortifications that would have been constructed nearby.”
Burger Girl -“Dukhan…first gained fame as a model and later became know as a performance artist. Recently he has transmute from the visual arts to the music under the name of The Burger Girl, a quite interesting, sexy and twisted project that is not so suitable for a specific genre, and in which he shows us his dirty obsessions. His site isn’t so informative, but you can visit it here to know dates of his shows and runways. You can also listen more about The Burger Girl in its Myspace.” Really just search for him on facebook.
Sosno + Rytis Daukantas: Sosno Art Gallery Building - “French sculptor Sosno and Lithuanian Architect Rytis Daukantas have collaborated to create the ‘Sosno Art Gallery Building’, a large scale adaption which transforms the ‘La Paille Dans L’œil Du Voisin’ sculpture into a habitable space for the city of Nice, France. the 22 meter tall structure will contain 600 square meters of program arranged within six unique floor plates. The concealed core positioned within the head and shoulders contains a framework to stabilize the cantilevered wings illustrating the wooden beam which intersects the face of the bust.”
La Paille Dans L’œil Du Voisin - Sculpture by French artist Sosno. Art Gallery building. Architectural proposals by R.Daukantas.
French Producer DJ Mehdi Dies Aged 34
DJ Mehdi one of France’s leading hip hop artists/producers is dead. DJ Mehdi (Mehdi Favéris-Essad) best known for his track I Am Somebody, collaborated with artists such as Chromeo, Kid Cudi, MC Solaar, Daft Punk, Kourtrajme, Akhenaton, Cassius, Versatile, Super Discount, Asian Dub Foundaton, K-os, Futura2000, Ryuichi Sakamoto and more. According to news reports, the DJ and producer was celebrating fellow artist Riton’s birthday on his Paris rooftop when the structure collapsed everyone except Riton fell through. DJ Mehdi died and three others were hospitalized. DJ Mehdi is survived by his wife, the French model and artist Fafi.
DJ Mehdi Live @ Mad Decent Block Party 7-30-2011
Fucking Cartoon French Condom P.S.A. - “AIDES Smutley. Smutley, he does not discriminate. Smutley will have unprotected sex with anything on two legs, four hooves or a couple of flippers if the situation arises. But he’s only able to do this because he’s a cat with nine lives. The rest of us need to protect ourselves with condoms. Smutley’s hedonistic and dirty perversions have been paired with a 1920s black-and-white animation style. The juxtaposition between this basic style, the story and the music is both unexpected and engaging – it puts a smile on your face while reminding you to do the right thing.”
Renault 4 Celebrates 50th Anniversary -“As the third bestselling model in automobile history (it sits behind the Volkswagen Beetle and Ford Model T to take that honour)and the bestselling French car across the world with sales in excess of eight million units in more than 100 countries…The renault 4, invented in 1956 by Pierre Dreyfus, who wanted to produce a versatile, inexpensive car with a worldwide calling.”
The Lost Boy in the Movie House
“The famous French advertising slogan that says, “When you love life, you go to the movies,” it’s false! It’s exactly the opposite: when you don’t love life, or when life doesn’t give you satisfaction, you go to the movies. When you consider the tastes of the most cinephilic cinephiles, you often see that they have a “conformist” taste; they like traditional things. In the Hollywood cinema they will like melodramas where the question of good and evil is very cleanly divided. They like characters who are fairly exemplary or heroic or edifying. Their neurosis probably comes from a disturbed childhood, from a family milieu that was troubled or broken, and they need at the same time exoticism and reassuring things.”
Bizarre cover from sculptor Michel Gouery for French magazine Étapes Design et Culture Visuelle :184, featuring Karel Martens, Wallpaper, Ectoplasmes and Wayfinding. Paging Leigh Bowery, Leigh Bowery to the front desk please.
Joyeux Quatorze Juillet Mes Potes!
La Nouvelle Vague. Iconic New Wave Photographs by Raymond Cauchetier. At the James Hyman Gallery in London from July 14 to August 28 - From the exhibition;”François Truffaut and Denys Clerval with the camera crew on the set of Baiser volés (Stolen Kisses, dir. Truffaut, 1968) in Paris. Baiser voles (Stolen Kisses) continues the story of recurrent character Antoine Doinel, whom Truffaut had previously depicted in Les quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) and the short film Antoine et Colette (Antoine and Colette).”
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