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Thursday, January 10, 2008

x.vii. OUTSKIRTS, CAULDRONS OF THE ARTS





Art that immigrants invent 

  • Looks, a sociable art
  • Making oneself a composition
  • Coiffures and beards that have become universal
  •  Reinventing dandies
  • African sources of inspiration

Making the street a prop

  • Ménilmontant, where walls turn into art galleries
  • Kids follow pictures: street art in the 13th 
  • Banality that street art lights up: more street art in the 13th
  • Theater that makes the street a stage: La Goutte d'Or
  • Sculpture that hovers over a washroom: La Goutte d'Or
  • A festival has just appeared: In the 13th

In the outskirts

  • Kitsch with class: a jewelry maker in the east 
  • "To feel the real pulse of the city go east" 
  • Eastern bars and music
  • Art known only to neighbors: La Goutte d'Or
  • World and urban music for the planet? The 360 Music Factory
  • A portal to the music of the suburbs: La Goutte d'Or

Unrecognized art 

  • Spectres emerge from the cemetery
  • "Art is anything done with passion:" small businesses that Communards would appreciate

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VIII.9.
Visits based on observation








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      • x.vi. CLASSIC ART AS A SOCIAL WEAPON
      • x.vii. OUTSKIRTS, CAULDRONS OF THE ARTS
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