FIP* Radio France

One of the things I love about traveling is finding new things that I can bring back with me. Here's one thing I'm definitely taking with me when I go:

FIP* Radio France
Listen live by opening THIS LINK in iTunes.
It's really an interesting mix of eclectic music, and the soothing voices of the french DJs will make you feel like you're somewhere else (unless you're in Paris....then you'll feel right at home).

THIS LINK will give you the play-lists, up to the moment, and the songs that are in the queue.

*Thank you Dennis Schultz for telling me about FIP in the first place.

J'ai Froid! (It's Cold In Paris!)

But it was warm inside the Palais de Tokyo...

At the Palais right now is the show ONE SECOND ONE YEAR, a collection of works that are time based and randomly activated. Some pieces will become "visible" several times a day while others, such as Alighiero Boetti's box containing a light bulb, will only illuminate once a year. All the pieces will remain on view until all works have taken place.

I've been experiencing some cases of art déjà vu lately: starting with a repeat performance of a video installation "Stasi City" (Jane and Louise Wilson) at SFMOMA that I had just seen 2 weeks before at MOMA/NY, then tonight in Paris with Urs Fischers' untiled "Branches", which I saw at the Whitney Biennial earlier this year.

PS: One of my favorite quotes of late came from the description that a curator at MOMA wrote in regards to "Stasi City": "...an imprint of the haunting memories embedded in this architecture."

It's perfect, no? I've always felt that there are indeed memories embedded in architecture. What a lovely articulation.

art contemporain à Paris

It's been a busy week in Paris but I was finally able to enjoy a little bit of free time today, starting with a visit to le Centre Pompidou.

I'm always a little disapointed that it's just two floors that are open for exhibitions, nevertheless, it's always worth the trip (if not for the art then at the very least for one of the best views in Paris). There are three great shows up now: Robert Rauschenberg, Yves Klein, and le Mouvement des Images (Art and Cinema). The Rauschenberg retrospective is extensive, (though it does state that Rauschenberg shared "sensibilities" with Jasper Johns...aghem...how about they shared a bed?) It even includes a film of Rauschenberg's ballet on roller skates "Pelican". Fantastic!