Archive for November 2011
Rue Darwin (18e)
This morning around 8h30 people walking out of their buildings to begin their commute eyed the photographer, yours truly, semi-suspiciously. Didn’t care, pretty sky. Peaceful, humbly discreet in spite of its residences’ clearly high-class charm, Rue Darwin fits Cat Power’s star-lit serenity (or luminous depression) like a satin glove. And vice-versa. So thank you Rachel … Continue reading
Short but Sweet #7 – Rue Maurice Genevoix (18e)
Don’t know where this short (and dark) street is? I couldn’t remember either, and if it weren’t for Google Maps and a photo of the street’s name-sign I would doubt ever having walked its smooth surface. (I’ve also forgotten what I was taking in the second photograph – and it’s near impossible to tell; make … Continue reading
Rue de la Félicité (17e)
Située dans la zone tampon du 17e – celle qui relie l’Ouest haussmannien à l’Est des Epinettes, le Sud bourgeois ou gentrifié à la ceinture Nord du logement social – la Rue de la Félicité fait plus précisément le pont entre les rues de Tocqueville (plutôt cossue) et de Saussure (bien connue des services sociaux … Continue reading
Rue Jean-François Lépine (18e)
Atlas Sound – “Terra Incognita” (from Parallax, 4AD 2011) (Eglise Saint-Bernard de la Chapelle)
Rue du Département (18e)
War On Drugs’ “Come to the City” is a paradoxical song: its exalted invitation puts the city on a pedestal, as a place for self-realization, a scenic horizon to be reached (“you can see it from the highlands, as you roll along the range”), and ultimately a ground in which to take root; it’s where … Continue reading
Short but Sweet #6 – Impasse du Curé (18e)
Going up Impasse du Curé you wouldn’t get very far, though the obscurity might prevent you from having any idea how deep the street rises towards the tracks. Habitations are small and low and almost blind, save for a large housing structure on the right, that I don’t remember finding an entrance to behind a … Continue reading
Short but Sweet #5 – Impasse Saint-François (18e)
A musical introduction to the story of François and Henriette: Nick Drake – “Road (live)” (originally from Pink Moon, Island 1972) François has been living across from Henriette for quite some time now. Longer than either of them can remember. At the beginning they observed each other as friends. Growing up, they greeted each … Continue reading
Rue André Del Sarte (18e)
Super Wild Horses – “Golden Town” (from Fifteen, HoZac 2010)
Rue Belhomme (18e)
As you may have noticed from OSOS’ most recent posts, I’ve finally discovered a whole bunch of photo-editing tools, available even to the non-initiate; and I am loving them. I’m not yet sure what purpose they should serve for this project, however. Obviously, these tools are originally meant to compensate for my lack of proper … Continue reading
Boulevard de la Chapelle (18e)
Every Saturday I wake up in a daze around 1 PM – you know from the red in and around my eyes that I’ve, like, partied really hard on Friday night – and after a couple of eggs n’ hot sauce I lock myself in the bathroom for about an hour. I look at myself, … Continue reading
