- ”A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.”
-Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies. Canadian journalist and author, 1913-1995.
- - maurice flower
In Fact and KMZ on Chateaudun
Situated in a row of gloomy Paris bank buildings, the chateaudun art squat lit up the quarter at night for over four years.
The light installation was done by Eric Perier and involved handpainting flourescent light tubes with different colors. I lived in a sea-blue room not pictured here. The windows would stay lit until everyone went to bed. On event and party nights, this meant until the first metro around 5:30 a.m.
When it began, this was known as the "alpha male squat" because all the residents were men. After a few women moved in, it naturally became known as the "Love Squat."
This squat inspired the Artery squat in the book Bandit Queen Boogie. It was in a building owned by a huge banking and insurance company which owned many such vacant properties. It had been empty for 9 years when the artists took it over. Kilometer Zero, a group of artists and activists, was located here, among others. Residents ranged in age from 19 to 76.
In Amsterdam, one of KMZ's members lived in a "legal squat," one of those practical Dutch things in which owners of empty buildings let artists live and work in them until they are ready to renovate and rent out the buildings commercially.
photo by mario palmieri, text by sparkle, and Slideshow here.
Comments and faves
abbyroad, Keees, aqui-ali, alister, and 473 other people added this photo to their favorites.
aqui-ali (88 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!
tangerinepython (88 months ago | reply)
Wow, you have caught the building, at exactly the moment of twilight, that blue sets off the colours so well. Good timing.
Claudecf (88 months ago | reply)
This is a great photo!
zyphichore (88 months ago | reply)
that's amazing how this was done i think.. actually letting people with good intentions make use of space instead of letting it goto waste. i've never heard of that before.
stunning scene!
reluctant shutter (88 months ago | reply)
Fab and faved!
SpatialK (88 months ago | reply)
ditto!
MigMimo (88 months ago | reply)
Amazing!!!!!
PutYourFlareOn (87 months ago | reply)
Oh! the colors! Wonderful!
Inti (86 months ago | reply)
wow!!!
swardraws (86 months ago | reply)
what a cool place
chitralekhan (85 months ago | reply)
This isn't real. Oh it's fantastic! Thanks for sharing the info.
* mario3007 * (85 months ago | reply)
excellent
emster214 (83 months ago | reply)
Great photo! love the colors and composition.
pfong (82 months ago | reply)
beautiful lighting!
thedewline (81 months ago | reply)
OMG! This is so very very cool. Did you really live here?
cjw333 (81 months ago | reply)
it looks like a wonderful place
Hector Hurtado (79 months ago | reply)
The picture is great, and the story is moving (to me, a painter). Thank you for sharing.
Georgie Sharp (78 months ago | reply)
Party on!
Dreamer7112 (77 months ago | reply)
wonderful!
romanetti (77 months ago | reply)
Wahoo, pretty nice
ｎａｏ☆ (75 months ago | reply)
wow!I love this!
tamotzu (74 months ago | reply)
wonderfool bellissima meravigliosa... voglio vedere tutte le tue foto!
Kennils (73 months ago | reply)
Very cool
Gabbing Gaby [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)
SOOOO PRETTY!!! Oh my God!!
A-Wop-Bop-A-Loo-Bop! (71 months ago | reply)
Captivating
ArtByChrysti (71 months ago | reply)
Please add this to www.flickr.com/groups/bigfave
silvia_montico (69 months ago | reply)
amazing!!!
very beautiful...
kiernangriffin (68 months ago | reply)
very cool
WisDoc (68 months ago | reply)
What a wonderful assortment of colors! Lovely!
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( ♥ Iris ) ㄞ'ㄋ一ㄌu' [deleted] (68 months ago | reply)
so beautiful!!
LOtM / Sara (68 months ago | reply)
The sky is perfect, and the effect mixed with the building is wonderful.
Excellent picture.
txoov_xyooj (67 months ago | reply)
really cool picture you got... reminds me alot of merry poppins... with the roof and chimeny and all that....
emokr (67 months ago | reply)
wow
bleu celt (66 months ago | reply)
Wow !
loukoon (66 months ago | reply)
MoM
Engin Korkmaz (64 months ago | reply)
i guess i saw this picture in my dreams before.. it looks too familiar to me.. the colours, the mood.. everything..
onionvincent (63 months ago | reply)
beautiful color
Jason Leslie Rogers (62 months ago | reply)
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Chipmunk Cheeks (61 months ago | reply)
wow that's beautiful.
maurice flower (60 months ago | reply)
Beautiful. Interesting. Thank you for sharing – and the text info.
maurice flower (60 months ago | reply)
Wow, 322 Favorites!!! And so very few comments...
I think this would be very good as a big size greeting card.
Have you thought about that?
SerialCoder (58 months ago | reply)
This image has been added to the Flickr Museum for making explore's top 25. Kudos! You can check it out HERE...
feijeriemersma (58 months ago | reply)
Wonderful photograph
See-ming Lee 李思明 SML (58 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called SML Fine Art ( 美術 / 美术 / ファインアート), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Nuss (58 months ago | reply)
Beautiful pic! Loved the colours of the windows + the dark blue sky...
marettay Maurizio Mori (58 months ago | reply)
Ciao, sono amministratore di un gruppo chiamato Europa click. Ci farebbe piacere aggiungere le tuo foto al gruppo.
alessandro manfredi (57 months ago | reply)
Congratulations! Your photo has been nominated as "Superb Masterpiece"
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mainec6 (56 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called geometrics, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
striatic (54 months ago | reply)
this has a very "rear window" vibe.
not just in the subject matter but also the colour and texture. reminds me of that film.
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jovivebo (53 months ago | reply)
great work with the colors!