Nuit Blanche is an all night art-festival that started here in Paris in 1989. From 7pm to 7am artworks are displayed in buildings and landmarks all across the city. Imbibing alcohol and delicious kebab sandwiches is encouraged. Last night we walked from the Pantheon to Centre Pompidou and then back to our hotel from 9pm to 2:30am.
This was probably one of my favorite activities here (I don't hate Paris, guys). It's wonderful to see so many people out and about enjoying the different pieces displayed around the city. It was cooler last night, had to bring out my jacket because I tried to leave the hotel without it but was entirely too cold after about ten minutes.
Whoops I uploaded these backwards.
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| Our final activity involved participating in Imran Qureshi's "And They Still Seek the Trace of Blood" |
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| Wrapping paper with floral designs and blood spatters were crumpled up by the crowd and thrown in a large pile. |
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| The library was very nice, too. |
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| Before that, we found ourselves in Front of Hotel D'Ville where a whole fair was set up. We bought delicious chicken kebabs and participated in some Samsung light up balloon thing. That's really my best description for it, I have no idea what that was about (it's below). |
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| This rude hat as we left Centre Pompidou Museum |
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| Opening exhibit to the modern art portion. |
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| We climbed all the way to the top of the museum, crashed a wedding reception, and saw the Eiffel Tower sparkle at midnight. |
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| Before Centre Pompidou we passed Hotel D'Ville and Tsai Ming-Liang's "Walker" |
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| We kicked off the night by heading to the Panthenon, where next door "Towards the Light" was displayed inside the church |
So this was a fun night off, just wandering around again but at night. The city almost felt like New York City in that no one was sleeping and everyone was doing something.
That's all for now. Morocco in a week!
Rachel
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