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Santa Claus is a trash

Free tags: 
Destruction
Protestation
Creator: 
Pierre Pinoncelli
Performer: 
Pierre Pinoncelli
Producer: 
Pierre Pinoncelli
Website: 
//membres.multimania.fr/pinoncelli/
Occurence: 
Places: 
Galeries Lafayette
Starting date: 
12 24 1967
20 minutes
Topology: 
store/company/shopping mall
Background: 
Christmas Day, outside a large store at the time of shopping and last minute gifts.
Adress: 
Avenue Jean Médecin
devant les Galeries Lafayette
Nice
France
Documents: 

Nouvelle de Pierre Pinoncelli écrite à partir de cette action (jamais publiée, 27 pages)

Type: 
Manuscrit
Technique description référence: 
Nouvelle de Pierre Pinoncelli écrite à partir de cette action (jamais publiée, 27 pages)
PINONC
Témoignage: 
Pierre Pinoncelli | Le père Noël est une ordure, 1967
Description: 
"Mommy, Santa went crazy, he is breaking all his toys," in front of the Galeries Lafayette in Nice. It was an action to show that Christmas is a commercial holiday, something a bit stupid and evil. I really took my time, the electric train, dolls ... smash! I kept breaking for more than 5 minutes. As I was not talking to a museum audience, people reacted with the violence and the innocence of the non-initiated.
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