'' Mirèio rouja (Red Mireille) | A history of performance art on the Riviera from 1951 until now

Mirèio rouja (Red Mireille)

Creator: 
Thierry Lagalla
Performer: 
Thierry Lagalla
Producer: 
Thierry Lagalla
Theoretical background: 

[Action driven by, editor’s note] difficulties of expression in contemporary western culture.

This work is at the limit of performance and of urban intervention, of street art. What makes it a living work of action art comes from the immediate reactions of passersby who question the performers at the installation of stickers.

Occurence: 
Starting date: 
02 22 1991
1991/09/20
Topology: 
street
Adress: 
Nice
Documents: 

Montage photographique avec dates du résultat des interventions urbaines.

Type: 
Imprimé
Technique description référence: 
Montage photographique avec dates du résultat des interventions urbaines.
LAGALL
Thierry Lagalla | trace de la performance "Mirèio rouja (Mireille rouge)", 1991 | © Thierry Lagalla | courtesy de l'artiste
Thierry Lagalla | trace de la performance "Mirèio rouja (Mireille rouge)", 1991 | © Thierry Lagalla | courtesy de l'artiste
Thierry Lagalla | trace de la performance "Mirèio rouja (Mireille rouge)", 1991 | © Thierry Lagalla | courtesy de l'artiste
Thierry Lagalla | trace de la performance "Mirèio rouja (Mireille rouge)", 1991 | © Thierry Lagalla | courtesy de l'artiste
Thierry Lagalla | trace de la performance "Mirèio rouja (Mireille rouge)", 1991 | © Thierry Lagalla | courtesy de l'artiste
Thierry Lagalla | trace de la performance "Mirèio rouja (Mireille rouge)", 1991 | © Thierry Lagalla | courtesy de l'artiste
Thierry Lagalla | trace de la performance "Mirèio rouja (Mireille rouge)", 1991 | © Thierry Lagalla | courtesy de l'artiste
Description: 

A group of people are invited to initiated the series of pasting the Mirèio rouja onto [panels, editor’s note] the wrong way. The collages are made in broad daylight with the aid of a ladder. A snapshot is taken after the placement of the sticker.

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