Today, it's a sunny day in Paris and I stroll near the canal Saint-Martin. For few years, this neighbourhood has become very attractive for graphic addicts. Thus, you can enjoy a pleasant bookshop called Artazart. ...

LE PLATEAU

2002.6.27　 Text: Aki Ikemura

FRAC is an organisation of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, which encourages contemporary art, and branches of FRAC are located all over France. It was established in 1982 with the aim of collecting artworks which r...

PARIS 2002

2002.2.27　 Text: Aki Ikemura

The new currency system has been introduced in the member nations of the European Union since the 1st of January. ATMs might be the first place to obtain the Euro currencies for many people. I assume that this...

GALERIE LILIANE & MICHEL DURANT-DESSERT

1999.12.24　 Text: Aki Ikemura

There are several shops with strong individuality in the 11th district located in the east side of Paris. For example, at a flower shop, you find rare plants that you have never seen and birds freely flying inside a ...

WHAT’S UP BAR

1998.9.22　 Text: Anthony Augendre

The only place where you can listen to the last Londoner drum'n bass, garage, ambient tunes into an hybrid surrounding, is the What's Up Bar, called the WUB by the regular visitors. The Wub is neither a nightclub nor ...

UN REGARD MODERNE

1998.9.22　 Text: Anthony Augendre

Graphic Art, Sado Masochist, Snoopy, American Satanism, Freak Designers, Japanese Bondage, Pop art, Extreme Performances, everything you may like or dislike is available at "Un regard Moderne" a tiny bookseller situat...

WAVE

1998.6.21　 Text: Anthony Augendre

Paris is living with the rythm of the the football world cup's organisation. Sponsors ads in the street are vaunting the french team's merits and the tourism office is insidiously asking to the parisians to be more fr...

PARIS 1998

1997.12.20　 Text: Mathieu Araud

The City of Paris has been changing quite dramatically for the past few years. Now-a-days, the Parisians are demanding for more space for themselves in the city, especially during the week-end when they want to take a...

PARIS 1997

1997.11.20　 Text: Marc Nguyen

A few years ago, the capital of France was renown for it's poor artistic and night scene in Europe. The work of a few individuals and a recent turn over, have transformed Paris into a more complex, active and colourfu...

MARK DI SUVERO RETROSPECTIVE

1997.10.20　 Text: Mathieu Araud

The work of the American sculptor Mark di Suvero is taking Paris by surprise. This artist unknown by the general French public has a major retrospective in different public places around the city. His sculptures, ...