Projects tagged "Paris"

Where the Tides Ebb and Flow
Practitioner:
Pedro Marzorati
Date:
Oct 12 2015
As you walk through Paris and especially in the Montsouris Park, one cannot help but notice the blue busts that appear to be rising from under the surface of the water. This artwork is known as Where the Tides Ebb and Flow created by Pedro Marzorati , an Argentinian artist.
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Guernica
Practitioner:
Pablo Picasso
Date:
Jul 1 1937
Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in just five weeks in the spring of 1937. Then living in Paris, Picasso, fifty-five, was already well-known. Born in Spain in 1881, he went to Paris in 1900; he had visited Spain in 1934 but would never return.
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Wind Trees in Paris
Practitioner:
New Wind
Date:
Mar 23 2015
Traditional wind turbines may require vertical shafts higher than 40m and spinning blades over 50m long in order to capture wind energy efficiently. While these devices are some of the best at capturing clean energy, their height and shape put large limitations on the way that they can be used.
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put yourself in their shoes
Practitioner:
avaaz
Date:
Nov 29 2015
Thousands of empty shoes replace marchers at cancelled climate protest in Paris After French authorities cancelled two climate protests in the wake of the Paris attacks, thousands of would-be marchers kept empty shoes in their place. The moving installation coincides with the COP21, a climate summit of 195 UN nations in the French capital. The protest was called by Avaaz
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Dior accused of ‘culturally appropriating’ centuries-old Chinese skirt
Practitioner:
Oscar Holland, CNN
Date:
Jul 28 2022
CNN — Dior is facing accusations of cultural appropriation after Chinese social media users – and protesters outside one of the label’s Paris stores – claimed that a $3,800 skirt was inspired by a centuries-old traditional garment.
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