Tag: Paris

La Haine – Mathieu Kassovitz (1995)

La Haine – Mathieu Kassovitz (1995)

Vinz: Who made you a preacher? You know what’s right and wrong? Why do you side with the assholes? Hubert: Who’s the asshole? If you hate …

 

Les Miserable, Victor Hugo (1862)

Les Miserable, Victor Hugo (1862)

Source: www.gutenberg.org/files/135/135-h/135-h.htm#link2H_4_0002 VOLUME I.—FANTINE. PREFACE So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid the civilization …

 

Palais Royal as heterotopia

Palais Royal as heterotopia

By the revolution of 1789, the four-story, quadrangular Palais Royal in Paris had become the most glittering tourist center of Europe, with 180 shops and …

 

The Techno Parade

The Techno Parade

Author: Gerrit Wissink http://blogs.cornell.edu/cuagpw28/   Ah, the beloved techno parade. The biggest free outdoor musical event in the city, the parade began as a protest against the government’s repression …