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		<title>La Station bleue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paris, mÃ©tro ligne 1. La station Franklin Roosevelt est en travaux sous les Champs Ã‰lysÃ©es. ConsidÃ©rÃ©e par beaucoup, lors de sa rÃ©novation dans les annÃ©es cinquante, comme la plus belle station du monde, elle Ã©tait avec le temps devenue le tÃ©moignage le plus authentique de la capacitÃ© de la modernitÃ© Ã  atteindre la dÃ©suÃ©tude la [...]]]></description>
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<p>Paris, mÃ©tro ligne 1. La station <em>Franklin Roosevelt</em> est en travaux sous les Champs Ã‰lysÃ©es. ConsidÃ©rÃ©e par beaucoup, lors de sa rÃ©novation dans les annÃ©es cinquante, comme la plus belle station du monde, elle Ã©tait avec le temps devenue le tÃ©moignage le plus authentique de la capacitÃ© de la modernitÃ© Ã  atteindre la dÃ©suÃ©tude la plus accomplie.</p>
<p>En 1999, avec Jean Nouvel, nous avions gagnÃ© le concours architectural pour sa renaissance. A lâ€™Ã©poque nous avons conÃ§u <em>la Station Bleue</em>. La station entiÃ¨re transformÃ©e en un monochrome IKB. Tout Ã©tait bleu, y compris le carrelage Â« mÃ©tro Â», le sol, le mobilier mais aussi la lumiÃ¨re Ã©clairant la voie, le cÅ“ur mal-aimÃ© des stations.<br />
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Le projet opÃ©rait une double alchimie :<br />
Il donnait la vie Ã  la station convertissant &#8211; dans lâ€™esprit de ce que jâ€™appelais ensuite le <em>design comportemental</em> &#8211; un lieu de vie statique dans son architecture en entitÃ© vivante animÃ©e par sa fonction. Tout, dans le son, lâ€™image et la lumiÃ¨re, donnait Ã  vivre le temps rÃ©duit de notre prÃ©sence comme un moment rare. En refusant de chercher Ã  sâ€™effacer devant lâ€™usager, dÃ©fiant ainsi la lassitude nÃ©e de lâ€™inexorable rÃ©pÃ©tition des fonctions quotidiennes, le projet magnifiait ces derniÃ¨res. Attente, arrivÃ©e, dÃ©partâ€¦ En image, en lumiÃ¨re ou en son le volume animÃ© de la station reprenait vie Ã  chaque apparition de la rame.</p>
<p>Une autre mutation inattendue : la station devenait un lieu de culture avec ses commissaires, dÃ©signÃ©s annuellement par un comitÃ© Ã©ditorial, qui invitaient les artistes Ã  orienter la maniÃ¨re dâ€™Ãªtre de la station, la symbolique des rames, les irruptions synchrones de lâ€™image qui leur lÃ©chait les flancs sur toute la longueur des quais.</p>
<p>On nous avait bien dit que supprimer lâ€™affichage publicitaire et surtout (!) la boutique de vÃªtements Pekka qui occupait petitement le centre du quai pourrait poser un problÃ¨me pour lâ€™Ã©quilibre Ã©conomique au projet. On nous disait aussi que ces espaces publics, dÃ©diÃ©s Ã  lâ€™attente et au transit, sont en quÃªte dâ€™une nouvelle lÃ©gitimitÃ© qui sublimerait leur fonction initiale. Pour mÃ©moire : Le mÃ©tro symbolisait dans lâ€™imaginaire des annÃ©es 60 le commencement du cycle de lâ€™aliÃ©nation (mÃ©tro-boulot-dodo). Aujourdâ€™hui, la consommation en sous sol du prÃªt Ã  porter bas de gamme lÃ©gitimerait, au denier prÃ©s, la tectonique des strates sociales laissant le luxe se dÃ©ployer allÃ¨grement Ã  lâ€™air libre.</p>
<p>Lâ€™histoire voulut que ce concept qui fÃªte bientÃ´t ses dix ans ne voie pas le jour. Câ€™est ce qui me donne lâ€™opportunitÃ© de livrer un projet, utopique par construction, Ã <em> la DÃ©charge</em> quâ€™il nâ€™aurait jamais su quitter.</p>
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		<title>ÃŠtre ou faire Å“uvre</title>
		<link>https://www.benayoun.com/the-dump/2008/09/02/etre-ou-faire-oeuvre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Je retrouve cette image prise durant l&#8217;exposition Air de Paris. Beaucoup furent troublÃ©s par cette intrusion franche et inespÃ©rÃ©e de l&#8217;extÃ©rieur dans l&#8217;espace prÃ©servÃ© de lâ€™exposition. OÃ¹ l&#8217;on vÃ©rifie, et on se plait Ã  croire, quâ€™il Ã©tait dans l&#8217;intention des auteurs de confronter espace de vie et espace de monstration. Lâ€™effet produit interroge tout autant [...]]]></description>
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<p>Je retrouve cette image prise durant l&#8217;exposition <em>Air de Paris</em>. Beaucoup furent troublÃ©s par cette intrusion franche et inespÃ©rÃ©e de l&#8217;extÃ©rieur dans l&#8217;espace prÃ©servÃ© de lâ€™exposition. OÃ¹ l&#8217;on vÃ©rifie, et on se plait Ã  croire, quâ€™il Ã©tait dans l&#8217;intention des auteurs de confronter espace de vie et espace de monstration. Lâ€™effet produit interroge tout autant sur la force des propos artistiques comparÃ©e Ã  l&#8217;Ã©vidente  puissance dÃ©finitive du rÃ©el qui s&#8217;obstine Ã  faire Å“uvre malgrÃ© lui, pour peu que le cadre de la fenÃªtre nous conduise Ã  chercher le cartel lÃ  oÃ¹ lâ€™on ne devrait trouver que la lumiÃ¨re. Cette bouffÃ©e dâ€™air de Paris, dans la tiÃ©deur confinÃ©e du monde de lâ€™art est rÃ©veillÃ©e (rÃ©vÃ©lÃ©e), par lâ€™entremise dâ€™une silhouette coupant net le champ pour une mise en abÃ®me radicale de notre propre regard. Et câ€™est le vide de la ville en bas qui nous aspire quand la structure tubulaire de lâ€™architecture semble garder le corps du dÃ©lit, dedans, et le sujet dehors.</p>
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<p>Quand Nouvel fend le Quai Branly pour rÃ©vÃ©ler la Tour Eiffel, il cadre le clichÃ©, quand J. Turrel ouvre le toit sur le ciel (<em>Skyspaces</em>), il laisse le monochrome dynamique se trahir par ses faiblesses sous forme de condensation nuageuse, quand P. Greenaway cadre la ville (<em>Stairs</em>, GenÃ¨ve 1994) il fait de la photographie sans support, quand la ville se dÃ©voile Ã  lâ€™occasion dâ€™une faille scÃ©nographique, elle rÃ©pond. Câ€™est le rÃ©el qui prend sa revanche sur lâ€™exposition. Il faudrait travailler un dispositif qui, pour paraphraser Filliou, nâ€™aurait dâ€™autre fonction, par lâ€™occultation plus que par ses ouvertures, que, de <em>rendre </em>la ville <em>plus belle que lâ€™art</em>.</p>
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		<title>Dialogue House</title>
		<link>https://www.benayoun.com/the-dump/2008/07/10/dialogue-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[player: Evelin Gerda Lindner A la fin des annÃ©es 90, Evelin Gerda Lindner, fondatrice du rÃ©seau Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies de Columbia University New York, venait me voir pour me demander de concevoir un dispositif pour permettre le dialogue entre personnes de communautÃ©s antagonistes. Il sâ€™agissait de permettre lâ€™Ã©change, progressivement de rÃ©duire la tension [...]]]></description>
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<p>player: Evelin Gerda Lindner</p>
<p>A la fin des annÃ©es 90, Evelin Gerda Lindner, fondatrice du rÃ©seau <a href="http://www.humiliationstudies.org/"><em>Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies</em></a> de Columbia University New York, venait me voir pour me demander de concevoir un dispositif pour permettre le dialogue entre personnes de communautÃ©s antagonistes. Il sâ€™agissait de permettre lâ€™Ã©change, progressivement de rÃ©duire la tension entres communautÃ©s et dâ€™amener les deux interlocuteurs Ã  se parler plus directement. Elle avait Ã©tÃ© Ã©mue du potentiel du <a href="http://www.moben.net/projet.php?id=14"><em>Tunnel sous lâ€™Atlantique</em></a> et imaginait que lâ€™on pourrait concevoir un dispositif qui permettrait le rapprochement entre communautÃ©s rivales. Jâ€™ai immÃ©diatement proposÃ© cette forme. On entre des deux cÃ´tÃ©s sans se croiser. Au bout dâ€™un premier couloir : le dispositif de dialogue. AprÃ¨s un temps, prenant le chemin du retour, les interlocuteurs peuvent choisir entre quitter le lieu ou accÃ©der Ã  la partie centrale qui permet de se rencontrer de maniÃ¨re assez confortable et de parler enfin en direct. La symÃ©trie du dispositif Ã©quilibre la rencontre. A tout moment la bifurcation est possible. Câ€™Ã©tait lÃ  une situation trÃ¨s concrÃ¨te renvoyant aux situations que je dÃ©veloppais dans les dispositifs interactifs mais avec un niveau dâ€™implication sur le rÃ©el qui fait la valeur du projet. Celui-ci nâ€™a pas Ã©tÃ© rÃ©alisÃ© sans pour autant que son actualitÃ© et sa pertinence en soient amoindries.</p>
<p><a href="http://humiliationstudies.org/intervention/dialoguehomes.php">HDHS plus sur la Maison du dialogue</a></p>
<p>20 AoÃ»t 2008<br />
Evelin souhaite que je prÃ©cise le caractÃ¨re international du rÃ©seau regroupant, outre Columbia, l&#8217;universitÃ© d&#8217;Oslo en NorvÃ¨ge et la Maison des Sciences de l&#8217;Homme de Paris.</p>
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		<title>Vedute</title>
		<link>https://www.benayoun.com/the-dump/2008/07/08/vedute-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Players, Oleksandra Yaromova, Jean-Jacques Gay, Eesi, TAP Poitiers Un projet pour la faÃ§ade translucide et vidÃ©o de la ScÃ¨ne Nationale de Poitiers. Le projet nâ€™a pas Ã©tÃ© retenu mais il me plait que ce soit un ami dont le travail animera la faÃ§ade. Dans le droit fil de Watch Out ! Vedute convertit le regard [...]]]></description>
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<p>Players, Oleksandra Yaromova, Jean-Jacques Gay, Eesi, TAP Poitiers</p>
<p>Un projet pour la faÃ§ade translucide et vidÃ©o de la ScÃ¨ne Nationale de Poitiers. Le projet nâ€™a pas Ã©tÃ© retenu mais il me plait que ce soit un ami dont le travail animera la faÃ§ade. Dans le droit fil de <em>Watch Out ! Vedute</em> convertit le regard des passants en un Å“il gÃ©ant dÃ©couvrant le monde alentour. Le ThÃ©Ã¢tre devient la scÃ¨ne sur laquelle le monde se rÃ©flÃ©chit, tout d&#8217;abord flou, en attente de lâ€™observateur. Lâ€™image du monde bouge alors sur la peau de lâ€™Ã©difice Ã  la maniÃ¨re des jeux dâ€™ombre de la caverne platonicienne. Parfois un visage sâ€™approche de la Â« Porte Â», boÃ®te percÃ©e dâ€™un trou qui invite le regard. Câ€™est lui que lâ€™on voit alors sur la faÃ§ade jusquâ€™Ã  ce que lâ€™Å“il intriguÃ© contemple un temps le monde avant de se lasser. </p>
<p><img id="image311" src="http://benayoun.com/the-dump/wp-content/uploads/vedute2s.jpg" alt="Vedute2" /></p>
<p>Le lieu de spectacle devient lâ€™origine dâ€™oÃ¹ lâ€™on perÃ§oit le spectacle de la vraie vie. <em>Last Life</em>.</p>
<p>Le titre <em><a href="http://benayoun.com/the-dump/?p=132">Vedute</a></em> reparait sans que le lien entre les projets soit totalement Ã©vident, quoique&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Museum of Post-Contemporary Art (MuPCA)</title>
		<link>https://www.benayoun.com/the-dump/2008/07/06/museum-of-post-contemporary-art-mupca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paris est une ville qui semble croire Ã  un dÃ©terminisme calendaire qui affecterait lâ€™histoire de lâ€™art et plus encore lâ€™architecture de sa conservation. Orsay: un musÃ©e du XIXÃ¨me siÃ¨cle, le Centre Pompidou: un MusÃ©e du XXÃ¨me siÃ¨cle consacrÃ© au modernisme et au postmodernisme. On comprend alors que ce dÃ©coupage cristallise une vision segmentÃ©e de lâ€™histoire [...]]]></description>
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<p>Paris est une ville qui semble croire Ã  un dÃ©terminisme calendaire qui affecterait lâ€™histoire de lâ€™art et plus encore lâ€™architecture de sa conservation. Orsay: un musÃ©e du XIXÃ¨me siÃ¨cle, le Centre Pompidou: un MusÃ©e du XXÃ¨me siÃ¨cle consacrÃ© au modernisme et au postmodernisme. On comprend alors que ce dÃ©coupage cristallise une vision segmentÃ©e de lâ€™histoire de lâ€™art qui trancherait par siÃ¨cle.<br />
Lâ€™Ã©vidence sâ€™impose de la nÃ©cessitÃ© dâ€™un lieu dÃ©diÃ© Ã  la monstration et la conservation du <em>post-contemporain</em> que par facilitÃ© nous appellerons<strong> le MusÃ©e du XXIÃ¨me siÃ¨cle</strong>. Entre temps la question de la conservation de la crÃ©ation faisant appel aux nouveaux mÃ©dias, rÃ©putÃ©e dÃ©matÃ©rialisÃ©e mais profondÃ©ment techno-dÃ©pendante, rÃ©solument rÃ©sistante Ã  la rÃ©ification -et donc aux transactions financiÃ¨res &#8211; mais dont on sait, et ce projet tente dâ€™anticiper le phÃ©nomÃ¨ne, quâ€™Ã  lâ€™image de celle qui l&#8217;a prÃ©cÃ©dÃ©e, elle sera absorbÃ©e par lâ€™histoire de l&#8217;art qui ne refuse aucun objet quelle qu&#8217;en soit la forme, la cause ou l&#8217;effet pour peu qu&#8217;il fasse Ã©cole. Ce n&#8217;est plus Ã  dÃ©montrer.</p>
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		<title>Un MusÃ©e de commissaires (Museum of Curators)</title>
		<link>https://www.benayoun.com/the-dump/2008/07/02/un-musee-de-commissaires-museum-of-curators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[La fin du vingtiÃ¨me siÃ¨cle a consacrÃ© le commissaire en le plaÃ§ant au sommet de la pyramide artistique. Si le glissement de statut l&#8217;a progressivement transformÃ© en auteur, puis en artiste, je propose d&#8217;aller jusqu&#8217;au bout de la logique historique et de crÃ©er, au vingt-et-uniÃ¨me siÃ¨cle, le premier musÃ©e de commissaires. C&#8217;est lÃ  que l&#8217;on [...]]]></description>
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La fin du vingtiÃ¨me siÃ¨cle a consacrÃ© le commissaire en le plaÃ§ant au sommet de la pyramide artistique. Si le glissement de statut l&#8217;a progressivement transformÃ© en auteur, puis en artiste, je propose d&#8217;aller jusqu&#8217;au bout de la logique historique et de crÃ©er, au vingt-et-uniÃ¨me siÃ¨cle, le premier musÃ©e de commissaires. C&#8217;est lÃ  que l&#8217;on pourra dÃ©couvrir une collection complÃ¨te des actes curatoriaux majeurs de ces 30 derniÃ¨res annÃ©es sous forme de documentation, mais aussi parfois de reconstruction Ã  l&#8217;identique ou encore de maquette d&#8217;expositions qui ont marquÃ© l&#8217;histoire de l&#8217;art contemporain.<br />
Une variante de ce projet pourrait faciliter la reconstitution en supprimant de l&#8217;exposition tous les Ã©lÃ©ments potentiellement revendiquÃ©s par des artistes (toiles, sculptures, installations, vidÃ©os, et.) en ne conservant de leur prÃ©sence dans le dispositif originel que le cadre de poussiÃ¨re laissÃ©e sur le mur, le ronronnement du projecteur vidÃ©o, la trace au sol de la sculpture en fonte Ã©crasant la moquette. Cette approche prÃ©senterait le double avantage de rÃ©duire les frais de prÃ©sentation (assurances, transport, location d&#8217;Å“uvre) et de ne donner Ã  voir que la matÃ©rialitÃ© de ce qui fait le geste curatorial: le fil sÃ©mantique et spatial qui relie des fragments de sens en dÃ©shÃ©rence.</p>
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		<title>WAR PAIX Concorde</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Communication concerning an object has never previously been a key to read the project. The poster announcing new scenography of the Arc de Triomphe should allow for a rapid interpretation of intention: to decipher a symbol, to change the symbolism from the military point of view to the potential for peace. This was the objective [...]]]></description>
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<p>Communication concerning an object has never previously been a key to read the project. The poster announcing new scenography of the Arc de Triomphe should allow for a rapid interpretation of intention: to decipher a symbol, to change the symbolism from the military point of view to the potential for peace. This was the objective of a permanent installation: to treat the monument as a subject, while researching its monumentality, references and origin, as well as its function as a solely symbolic monument: a national monument presenting a nation but through the filter of a war. Then to confront the object with the reality of a specific period of time: our period, with its preference for such values as peace, which has been the monumentâ€™s ecosystem for over sixty years.</p>
<p>When I learned that it meant covering La Concorde with posters, the opportunity was too great to miss and I suggested, stepping out of my role concerning communication, two posters which I imagined would hang opposite each other and be divided by the rails on two opposite sides of the Concorde station, line no. 1. Of course history decided differently; the English word â€œWARâ€, I was told, created a problem. But the subject has remained and still persecutes the monument and its communication, a witness of doubt which was not intended, but which shows in a mission of the national monument: â€œbetween war and peaceâ€.</p>
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		<title>Arc des FÃªtes (Defea(s)t Arc)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[player: Lola Duval Pondering over the value and symbolic appropriateness of a monument built during a historical period especially filled with wars, we start to measure the relation between the mass and the symbol â€“ of a great triumph. It is essential not to cover historical evidence and make history more readable; it is also [...]]]></description>
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player: Lola Duval</p>
<p>Pondering over the value and symbolic appropriateness of a monument built during a historical period especially filled with wars, we start to measure the relation between the mass and the symbol â€“ of a great triumph. It is essential not to cover historical evidence and make history more readable; it is also necessary to make people understand that changes incline the planet (tourists from the whole world much more than the local inhabitants) to thump out of joy for victorious army returns which fortunately became the ultimate tribute to the anonymous victims, as it was earlier understood that there is no triumph over war: the war has to be survived.</p>
<p>The objective here is to create an Arch of Celebration far away from a gate, without a wall and without a wing door, which has to be passed without lifting oneâ€™s head. The Arch of Celebration will not be an obstacle to view; it is going to be the opposite of a landmark which proudly allows for recognition of city crossings, rather an emptiness, a concave monument, maybe just for paying tribute to the anonymous and  unintentionally absent. They are not the ones who left to defend the revolution in 1792 following Rudeâ€™s La Marseillaise. They are not less dead, by an accident or an incident, and they are going to remain the anonymous and mute majority of past, present and future wars until the end.<br />
This place calls for celebration because each moment when we celebrate is a moment when we do not conduct wars.</p>
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		<title>Author&#8217;s Autism</title>
		<link>https://www.benayoun.com/the-dump/2008/03/08/l%e2%80%99autisme-de-l%e2%80%99auteur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I wanted to protect a person responsible for Centre des Monuments Nationaux against the ruthlessness of the over-eager conservators of the national heritage not so long ago, I suggested writing the following sentence on the faÃ§ade of the HÃ´tel de Sully, CMNâ€™s headquarters: â€œCONSERVATISM is for CONSERVATORS the same as AUTISM is for AUTHORS.â€ [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I wanted to protect a person responsible for Centre des Monuments Nationaux against the ruthlessness of the over-eager conservators of the national heritage not so long ago, I suggested writing the following sentence on the faÃ§ade of the HÃ´tel de Sully, CMNâ€™s headquarters:</p>
<p>â€œCONSERVATISM is for CONSERVATORS<br />
the same as AUTISM is for AUTHORS.â€</p>
<p>As it is highly improbable that it would be carried out, in the same way as this gesture would make an impact on those concerned, this small project is going to finish in the same place where it started â€“ on this page.</p>
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		<title>Saint George Slaying the Present Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest experiences from Fontevraud Abbey, where I was busy with multimedia routes as well as the Arc de Triomphe, and where together with Christophe Girault I installed a permanent installation, let me discover the power of conservation forces where intelligence, knowledge and abilities focus on denying the future and preserving stone against any presence [...]]]></description>
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<p>The latest experiences from Fontevraud Abbey, where I was busy with multimedia routes as well as the Arc de Triomphe, and where together with Christophe Girault I installed a permanent installation, let me discover the power of conservation forces where intelligence, knowledge and abilities focus on denying the future and preserving stone against any presence recognized as harmful.<br />
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	The stone dominates functionality, the letter dominates the spirit, the matter spirituality; thus we prefer to clean than to restore to life, to freeze than to adapt, to renew than to construct without any thoughts that it is not necessary to have a straightforward antagonism (past/future) but completion and confusion of the material â€“ do we have to preserve its intellectual dynamic from a given period of time or its carved stone? </p>
<p>       This issue does not concern preserving traces of the great past but preserving it taking into consideration that it was its dynamic, that is a property of this future which evolved to create fragments of glory which we are unjustly proud of.</p>
<p>Thus Paris became smeared with its history and it mistakes preservation with capitalization, forgetting to build that which would be its future heritage, and putting all its energy into the endless quest for the past which keeps its value until the present time. Stones are preserved in the same way as the relics of saints â€“ fragments of rotting bones which as its seems still take something from the values of human beings who try to keep them alive. When we try to stop time, assuming that living means destroying, we are shamelessly trying â€“ but not without fury â€“ to freeze a baby together with the bathwater.  </p>
<p>	The Far East shows us what we mostly criticize, because in China and Japan to destroy a temple in order to rebuild it is a preservation of its form and function, apart from the entropy appropriate for construction materials which are temporary substitutes for a worldly construction.<br />
The project is a proposal of coats of arms for French heritage institutions. The picture of Saint George felling a dragon is inscribed with the motto:<br />
â€œNo importance if the beast die<br />
We shall bleach its bones.â€  </p>
<p>Let us quote in passing a fragment of a great book by Bruno Latour and Emilie Hermant :<br />
â€œ â€¦ is it not strange that all these eager revolutionaries, these crazy architects who wanted to raze Paris to make a car park, had utopian dreams in one of the oldest, most crowded and most winding cities out of all millennial cities? Today, however, the scales have turned to the other extreme. After the times when Paris was almost deprived of its history, now there is a whole army of historians, conservation officers, museum workers and cemetery guardians who want to deprive it of its future.â€</p>
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