'' M’en bati li tantiflas ! (I Shake My Potatoes !) | A history of performance art on the Riviera from 1951 until now

M’en bati li tantiflas ! (I Shake My Potatoes !)

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

Poetic, sonorous, pedagolinguistic action with a neofolkloric feel. Demonstration of the viability of the Niçois to describe and debate contemporary problems.

Occurence: 
Documents: 

Version réduite (A4) de l'affiche placardée sur le quai de la gare.

Type: 
Imprimé
Technique description référence: 
Version réduite (A4) de l'affiche placardée sur le quai de la gare.
LAGALL
Thierry Lagalla | trace de la performance "M’en bati li tantiflas ! (I Shake My Potatoes !)", 1994 | © Thierry Lagalla | courtesy de l'artiste
Description: 

After displaying two copies of the attached document [see the image corresponding to this description, editor’s note] each one formatted as 120 x 80 cm.

The Niçois phrase "bati li tantiflas me!" is shouted at travelers and a spontaneous course of Niçois is initiated starting with "me bati, tantiflas" and other things from the shared everyday (leaving for work, the station platform). The course is based on an English translation of Niçois terms.

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