tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post116040915613279390..comments2023-06-30T12:27:06.738+02:00Comments on Le Blagueur à Paris: Nuit Blah(nche)Le Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13830769667849287708noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1161122165174109422006-10-17T23:56:00.000+02:002006-10-17T23:56:00.000+02:00Huguenot, that's a damn shame. Bringing a backpack...Huguenot, that's a damn shame. Bringing a backpack full of beer is a great way to make friends. Don't go changing...Le Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830769667849287708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160999051938914402006-10-16T13:44:00.000+02:002006-10-16T13:44:00.000+02:00As Parisian newbies the most original idea between...As Parisian newbies the most original idea between us was to go to the Pompidou Centre... Although apparently they wont let you in with thirty bottles of beer in your backpack?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160593484739561532006-10-11T21:04:00.000+02:002006-10-11T21:04:00.000+02:00Yup, i have to agree, it was kind of nul. I saw so...Yup, i have to agree, it was kind of nul. I saw some good video at Chapelle Saint Severin but from there on it was downhill and my friends were too lazy to go to the goutte d'or which seemed like the best bet. we were stuck in the maraisI V Y parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14464978896769296670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160511720308726442006-10-10T22:22:00.000+02:002006-10-10T22:22:00.000+02:00I would have gone with you if I had been lucky eno...I would have gone with you if I had been lucky enough to be in Paris! I'm always all in for contemporary art events. Though I'm sorry to hear about the depressing lines. <BR/><BR/>I don't think art and lines go together very well. Though being in Paris you could have had a whole bottle of wine in public while standing in line...<BR/><BR/>It's important not to structure art events too much. Fete de la musica in June was wild because it felt very unpredictable (hell, I came home with a bruised face and was totally drenched.) I liked that people could just start playing whatever kind of music, wherever they just happened to be and you could dance or sing a long if the moment struck you... Contemporary art should be like that too. As an artist you should be prepared to give your art-baby over to whatever experiences the viewer feels moved to... Putting a wall up between the art and the viewer takes away so much... I've always been surprised and inspired when I can secretly watch people interact with my own art. Well except for that guy who was only interested in paintings of trains... I wish him lots of bad art karma.Lady Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08394265640215121704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160480864365939542006-10-10T13:47:00.000+02:002006-10-10T13:47:00.000+02:00I didn't do Nuit Blanche things this year because ...I didn't do Nuit Blanche things this year because I was working at the JPG thing (Meg, you passed by my blog so you know where I was at!). However, I did take a look at the program beforehand. What struck me was the lack of truly "populaire" things to do and the dominance of, as Maitresse pointed out, contemporary art.<BR/><BR/>This isn't that surprising given that the curators of the night were Nicolas Bourriaud and Jerome Sans, the former directors of Palais Tokyo, purveyors of the new breed of ironic and distanced contemporary art. While they do have pop sensibilities, they are also geniuses at uptight smirking. The events struck me as being a combination of some very interesting performances (I was curious in particular of Veilhan and Tellier's collaboration and Heinrich Luber), and some extremely boring wanky shit, not unlike the PalaisTok in its Sans-Bourriaud heyday.<BR/><BR/>But you know, the Nuit Blanche is not really interesting for les fetards. For us, it's just another night. <BR/><BR/>Next year's Nuit Blanche is apparently being curated by a director "de spectacle." I'm looking forward to open-air shouting and cinematic effects...<BR/><BR/>By the way, Regazzoni threw a party two years ago in his space that I managed to hear about. It was strange and fun... a real <I>happening</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160465734500014462006-10-10T09:35:00.000+02:002006-10-10T09:35:00.000+02:00I've just read in Le Monde that the Goutte d'Or wa...I've just read in Le Monde that the Goutte d'Or was the most successful Nuit Blanche district. Many of the other sites were deserted...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160464919697437672006-10-10T09:21:00.000+02:002006-10-10T09:21:00.000+02:00I can't imagine mustering up enough energy to hate...I can't imagine mustering up enough energy to hate nuit blanche, but I felt very apathetic about it... maybe because it was my third one? but probably because although I have what I consider to be a healthy appreciation for art, the high-concept installations make me feel totally shut out from the contemporary art scene and derisive of those who are "in" it.maitressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626737113043652183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31294977.post-1160420872577617442006-10-09T21:07:00.000+02:002006-10-09T21:07:00.000+02:00I was excited about the Nuit Blanche, buy ultimate...I was excited about the Nuit Blanche, buy ultimately I came to more or less the same conclusions you did. It was fun to see all different kinds of people -- kids, old people, tourists, students -- enjoying the festive atmosphere. <BR/><BR/>But the installations themselves were over-crowded and dulled by the sense of government sponsorship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com