Manifesto : rave arty à l’Espace Niemeyer

7 juillet 20257 juillet 2025 ~ CHRISTIAN POULOT

Pour un peu on se croirait à MoMA PS1 non?
Vegyn nous a livré une folle gourmandise avec le Everything she wants de Wham, puis à ravivé de précieux souvenirs mais ne s’est guère foulé en spotifiant le mythique Soon de My bloody Valentine (à la fin de la vidéo).

C’était l’autre soir à l’espace Niemeyer, pour la quatrième édition de Manifesto, où se rencontrent arts, fashion et musique, le tout orchestré par le collectif italien Kaleidoscope et la plateforme de style Goat.
avec: David Rappeneau, Anna Uddenberg, Issy Wood, Air, D’heygere…

ARRIVAL AT ROTTERDAM STATION (TO STATION)

2 juillet 2022 ~ CHRISTIAN POULOT

NIGHT CALL: QUEENS, 2017

27 avril 2019 ~ CHRISTIAN POULOT

BEST VIENNOISERIES EVER…

7 septembre 2017 ~ CHRISTIAN POULOT

DEAR,

NEVER EAT SUCH A GOOD PAIN AU CHOCOLAT, NEVER EAT SUCH A DELICIOUS CROISSANT !

IT WAS HERE IN NEW-YORK CITY AT E.A.T, BY ELI ZABAR AT JUST ONE BLOC FROM METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTS.

SKATER KIDS AT LA TOUR EIFFEL

16 avril 2017 ~ CHRISTIAN POULOT

CYBER, PASSAGE DANS L’AUTRE MONDE

3 avril 2017 ~ CHRISTIAN POULOT

THE MATRIX, CYBER, FÈS, MAROC

Teheran Express

11 mars 2017 ~ CHRISTIAN POULOT

At night in the taxi going to the north of the city…

A LA MODE IRANIENNE, MAISON BOLANDY

4 mars 2017 ~ CHRISTIAN POULOT

NOUS AVONS ÉTÉ GRACIEUSEMENT ACCUEILLIS AU SEIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ FEUTRÉE ET BOURGEOISE DES HAUTEURS DE TÉHÉRAN PAR LA FAMILLE BOLANDY PROPRIÉTAIRES DE LA MAISON ÉPONYME.

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Vizzavona, Grand Hotel de la Fôret, snobbery and decay

27 juillet 2015 ~ CHRISTIAN POULOT

Found an other palace here in Corsica. This one is located in the mountains in the little town of Vizzavona.

As Ajaccio at the end of the XIXth century the area was popular with wealthy british. The hotel now in ruins, was built in 1893 (10 years after the Cyrnos Palace) and named Grand Hôtel de la Fôret.

Two wide floors, accessible by a double-flight staircase, it was surrounded with all the necessary for the british high society (tennis courts…).

After the second world war, the 1950’s was the end of the golden era, Vizzavona saw is decline. The Grand Hôtel de la Fôret closed and was quickly ransacked.

Despite this, among the ruins, it’s an other mysterious moment, close your eyes and it’s an other time travel.

Below, the golden gate. Close your eyes and you can see the letters of the word « ôret » for « Fôret » (forest) in red

Below, the Grand Hotel de la Fôret in its heyday

A look at the Victotrian dresses and the XIXth century fashion at the V&A museum

Cyrnos Palace, grande bellezza Campbell

20 juillet 2015 ~ CHRISTIAN POULOT ~ Un commentaire

In the middle of XVIIIth century, English people were discovering mediterranean in winter. Nice, in south of France saw the construction of a walkway called The promenade des Anglais.

A little time after (circa 1870) the wealthy scottish Miss Thomasina Campbell decided to live in Ajaccio (island of Corsica). She wrote a propaganda book, Notes sur l’île Corse about the quality of life in Ajaccio. This book was a success and help the « happy few » english to discover this new seaside resort. At the end of century, during winter it was thousand of english people who were living in the city.

Cyrnos Palace (Cyrnos means Corsica in greek) was built in 1883 after Miss Campbell acquired the land. All building materials were transported by boat from England and the place became Palace Hotel in 1890. The surroundings became a place of society life.

This place we discovered recently by chance reminds me this great movie La Grande Bellezza. Quiet, out of time and full of nostalgia.