Art Of The Day Weekly
#400 - from 1 October 2015 to 7 October 2015
Nuit Blanche, a crusade against global warming
PARIS – At the beginning of the night between October 3 to October 4 the temperature will be 15° C. Long live global warming! Not really though: the key theme of this 14th edition is indeed linked to the COP21 conference, which will open in Paris next month. What can we do to fight against a phenomenon that affects the whole planet? Will the annual $100 billion announced succeed to limit the rise of the thermometer? In any case, the artists have plenty of ideas to help us become aware of the seriousness of these facts. There are two itineraries - one North-West, the other North-East - that privilege the right bank: here we see a building melting like an iceberg (Leandro Erlich), a concert of -doomed?- insects bursts our ear drums (Erik Samakh), stars looked at directly in the eye (Félicie d’Estienne d’Orves and Félicie Rousse), a tightrope walker (Stéphane Ricordel) on a cloud, the only migrant who does not have to show his papers. While in front of the Hôtel de Ville, small colored ice cubes by Chinese artist Zhenchen Liu will melt throughout the night. Like a stick of dynamite.
• 14e Nuit blanche (Sleepless Night), from Saturday 3 to Sunday 4 October 2015. A great number of Nuits blanches will take place elsewhere in the world, in particular in Casablanca and Zagreb, which celebrate their first edition.