Kategorie: Paris
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Yesterday’s Future.
The film ‘Gagarin’ by Fanny Liatards and Jérémy Trouilh tells the story of the last days of a French social housing estate. One resident refuses to give up, which is why he dreams himself into his own utopia
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C’est nous le Grand Paris.
La banlieue c’est des pâquerettes sur un tas de fumier // Les voix du ghetto sont auto-tunées // Le pied au plancher dans tous les tunnels // Micro neuf millimètres, on va te parfumer // Mon freestyle c’est le gang des Bloods // On te fait chier toute la night comme les gars de Nuit…
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Images du Cornillon.
Marc Pataut is a french artist and photographer. One of his well-known photographic projects is Images du Cornillon sur le terrain, which was exhibited at documenta X in 1997. Pataut documented the transformation of the 25-hectare Cornillon gasworks industrial wasteland near Saint Denis, north of Paris, over an extended period of time. Announced in 1993,…
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Georges Lapassade.
When hip-hop joined the university and the university became a hip-hop laboratory. The bulletin provides an overview of all the practices related to the hip-hop mouvement including drawings and essay by the legendary Georges Lapassade, among many others. via zarbibooks »»
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For a city to come.
It is the invisible structure of urban environment – hidden from view in the same manner as the blackness of film negative conceals the whiteness of positive print – that disrupts the emergence of new forms of thinking, or acting, and thus causes any form of artistic practice to be either complicit or impossible. […] corridors…
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Wasteland to dancefloor.
»Movement: From wasteland to dancefloor, 1984-1989«. Through the sublime period shots of Yoshi Omori and the words of Marc Boudet and Jay One Ramier, Mouvement is a poignant testimony of the first hours of glory of Parisian Hip-Hop and an exceptional archive of the graffiti scene of the early 80s. read more»»
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Friches urbaines.
[…] Audrey Muratet explores and studies the composition and dynamics of biodiversity in cities. She extends her work as an ecologist and botanist by bringing together in her research the approaches of geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, managers, and artists. Myr Muratet is a Paris-based photographer. The comings and goings in the places that he observes multiply…
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Alors on danse.
Breaking, Bboying – Krump, Electro Dance, House? Litefeet, Waacking? Punking, Voguing, Locking? Tutting, Shuffling? Videos taken during BOMA MUTU BATTLE DE DANSE at Le 6b, Saint Denis, April 9, 2023 A brief overview of some of the dance styles you mentioned put together by AI Chat GPT: Breaking/Bboying: Breaking originated in the Bronx in the…
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The true story…
In May 1987 a rap concert by Run DMC and the Beasty Boys escalated at the Grand Rex in Paris. A moment that has become a legend for how different the understanding of Hip Hop was in America and in France. The concert of Run DMC and The Beastie Boys at the Grand Rex in…
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Freeze: 185 km de voies olympiques.
Freeze in a different way: L’organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques risque de perturber fortement la circulation en Île-de-France pendant plus de deux mois, entre juillet et septembre 2024. Au total, 185 km de voies en région parisienne seront réservées aux personnes accréditées, aux transports et aux secours. read more »»
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Nouveau Western.
[…] Le western moderne est installé dans le secteur // Quand la ville dort, les trains ne sifflent pas. […] Mais Harry à Paris n’a pas eu de chance // On le stoppe sur le périph‘ avec sa diligence // Parfois la vie ressemble à une balle perdue // Dans le système moderne se noie…
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Dérive.
For the Situationists, the dérive was a revolutionary technique to combat the malaise and boredom of the society of the spectacle. Dérives are necessary, according to Situationist theory, because of the increasingly predictable and monotonous experience of everyday life in advanced capitalism.
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Périphérique compressed.
When you are in the Banlieue of Paris, and there is a massive strike. What to do?Video by Katja Stuke & Oliver Sieber. March 25, 2023. 12:05 pm – 12:45 pm
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Du sale.
The director Marion Siéfert created in collaboration with the dancer Janice Bieleu and the rapper Laëtitia Kerfa a. k. a. Original Laeti the theatrical work DU SALE ! (Real Shit!) and provides a stage for their complex biographies. The concentrated staging tells the story of harsh realities and gentle dreams, of beauty, hope and a…
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Metro swaggers.
with Emelyne Hivanhoé, Rizlaine Terraz, Amira Majeri, Julie Moreau, Johanna Faye and Marion Motin from SWAGGERS, and all female dance crew from Paris (Charenton); filmed by Yoram Savion, Kash Gaines and Benjamin Tarquin.
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Posse 501.
The Posse 501 was a French hip-hop collective from Villeneuve-Saint-Georges / Val-de-Marne. Over the years, it brought together rappers such as Soon E MC, Strike, Bambi Cruz and Ménélik, but also DJs and composers such as DJ Seeq and Jimmy Jay, as well as the rapper and singer Melaaz, and several dancers and graffiti artists.…
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Aktuel Force.
Aktuel Force is a historic French group that has left its mark on hip hop dance. From the underground to choreographic creation, from transmission to events, Aktuel Force embodies the French touch. It has imposed its virtuoso, fluid style, combining strength, smoothness and polyrhythm in France and abroad.
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How to …
»As an introduction, a conversation in a café to situate the first experiences. Everything then takes place in the Ménagerie de Verre in Paris where Junior Almeïda, Gabin Nuissier and other members of Aktuel Force and the Boogies Lockers show, in a few chapters, the development and maturity of a dance style that has both…
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Youth and Death.
In four abstract minutes Marcel Marceau progresses through the seven ages of man, relying on nuances of gait and posture to convey each stage. Youth, Maturity, Old Age, and Death (1965).
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Ca peut plus dure.
Video clip by KASH Leone feat Dj RAGE in support of the workers of PSA of Aulnay sous Bois in fight against the closing of their factory.
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Gounedi Traoré.
Committed to the inhabitants of Clichy/Montf, and particularly those of the Bosquets district, Gounedi Traoré was one of those who walked the streets of Clichy to calm the youth during the 2005 riots.
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Grands Ensembles.
Mc Solaar: Ils s’étaient rencontrés sur les bancs d’l’écoleEntre une heure de colle, de maths ou un cours d’espagnolC’était une fille fun, fana de footballLui ne craignait pas les balles, c’était le goalCe qu’il lui promettait c’était des ballades en CorvettePour l’instant en survêt‘, il volait des mobylettesMais entre eux c’était toujours complicitéEscale sur un…
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Bande de filles.
This film focusses on the life of Marieme a teenage girl who lives in a rough neighbourhood on the outskirts of Paris. The film discusses and challenges conceptions of race, gender and class.
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En Place.
En place prolonge d’une certaine façon la réflexion entamée dans le premier long-métrage de l’acteur (coréalisé avec John Wax) à travers la trajectoire fulgurante de Stéphane Blé, un éducateur de banlieue venu dynamiter le jeu politique français en passant la barre du premier tour de l’élection présidentielle. le monde »»
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Dance a Painting.
French artist Louis-Kantigui (kanti) Dembélé »avait parfois le sentiment que la danse breaking, avait une place à part dans le monde de la culture.« more »»
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Chariots of Fire.
Chariots of Fire tells the story of two very different men who compete as runners in the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell believes that his athletic abilities are a gift from God, and that using that gift to win the gold medal will be his way of repaying that gift. Harold Abrahams is an English…
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Paris Nord.
»Paris Nord« by Myr Muratet offers a sensitive look at the fragile, precarious and inventive forms developed by people living on the margins. Through images from the photographer’s series, we discover the interstices of the city as places where intimacy slips in, where the wild and the forgotten cohabit with the domestic and the everyday.…
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Orleans. Colombes.
»Orleans« David Crosby, Graham Nash»Colombes« by iI était une fois. The title of the song actually is LE CARILLON DE VENDÔME or LES CLOCHES DE VENDÔME and it still is in France a short children’s song that kids learn in primary school. It dates back to the 15th century and is the oldest known French…
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Zone urbaine sensible.
Une zone urbaine sensible (ou ZUS) était un territoire infra-urbain défini par les pouvoirs publics français pour être la cible prioritaire de la politique de la ville entre 1996 et 2014. Elles étaient au nombre de 751, dont 718 en France métropolitaine, et concernaient près de 7 % de la population française (soit 4,5 millions de…
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Coupe Decale.
Coupé-décalé music burst onto the scene in a war-torn Côte d’Ivoire and is all about having a good time and a flash lifestyle. In Noushi, the language invented by street kids in Côte d’Ivoire, “coupé-décalé” means to “get rich quick by any means and then do a runner”. Under DJ Jacob, who is credited with…
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Banlieue de Paris. Doisneau.
La Banlieue de Paris is a photographic album including a fifty-page text by Blaise Cendrars and 130 plates by Robert Doisneau, who was still little known at the time. The photographer, who lived a large part of his life in the Parisian suburbs, took a large number of photographs there (Cendrars mentions 50,000 negatives). The…
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Paris B-Boy culture.
The radical history of Paris B-Boy culture is under threat. Born in the Bronx back in the ’70s, breakdancing later found a similar home in the banlieues of Paris, where marginalised communities adopted the style as a vessel for protest. In 2024, it will feature as an Olympic sport for the first time – but…
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cult places.
10 cult places of Parisian Hip Hop in the 80s. « Regarde ta jeunesse dans les yeux, toi qui commande en haut lieu » rapped NTM in Le Monde de Demain in 1990. It is this youth of the 80s – more particularly the youth who lived through the arrival of Hip Hop in France.…
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Mythical places of Hip Hop.
The exhibition »Terrains les lieux mythiques du Hip Hop à Paris“ took place Médiathèque Marguerite Duras in 2016, looking back in photos, videos and music at the beginnings of Hip Hop culture in France. read more»»
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Le Monde de Demain.
An arte-series about the beginnings of French hip-hop in the 1980s recounted through the birth of the group NTM and the career of the DJ Dee Nasty and the graffiti artist Lady V.
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A Sport now.
Breaking is an Olympic discipline now. Read more about that on the official website »»
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Peripheren.
In their works, Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber address questions about the structure of cities and the links between urban and social boundaries. Their photographs reveal a particular interest in areas and neighborhoods that are marginalized or carry a certain stigma in the eyes of society. more»»
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Eyes on Paris.
Paris is considered to be the cradle of photography. Paris with its artists, scientists and craftsmen proved to be the ideal breeding ground for the medium. Without a doubt Paris is the most photographed city in the world. read more»»
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An Escape.
In Clichy-sous-Bois, a poverty-ridden suburb of Paris, residents are making movies about their lives. Supported by superstar filmmaker Ladj Ly, it could offer some a way out. read»»
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Banlieueconnexion.
A website»» about music and artists from the French banlieue including an extensive collection of links and information.
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Keny Arkana.
Onora Dafor, professionally known by her stage name Keny Arkana, is an Argentine-French rapper who is active in the alter-globalization and civil disobedience movements. In 2004 she founded a music collective called La Rage du peuple [fr], in the neighborhood of Noailles, Marseille.
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La Haine.
La Haine is a 1995 French crime drama film written and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui, the film chronicles a day and night in the lives of three friends from a poor immigrant neighbourhood in the suburbs of Paris.