Public Spaces – Cultural appropriation in NYC

Cultural appropriation of space in NYC – Appropriation culturelle de l’espace à NYC

This project speaks about emotion and modernity which come out from my very first vision of New York City. This work is about my exploration of spaces owned by a vibrant and polymorphic culture, fruit of 3 wandering years of fascination and interrogation about art and territory in New York City.

Ce projet s’est construit sur mes premières impressions de New York City qui a bouleversé ma vision du lieu public et de l’espace culturel. C’est une exploration des espaces habités par des cultures polymorphes et vibrantes, le fruit de 3 années de fascination et d’interrogations sur l’art et le territoire à New York City.

Words & Team (Réflexion & Equipe):

• I interviewed 10 personalities working in Arts, Culture or Architecture in NYC to collect words and knowledge about this topos (J’ai pu interviewer 10 personnalités new yorkaise qui travaillent dans les secteurs de l’Art, de la Culture et de l’Architecture):

– Rick Bell (AIA NY Chapter)

– Leslie Koch (Trust for Governors Island)

– Nathalie Charles (Films on the Green)

– Zhen Heinemann (Riverside Park)

– Ashley Hughes & Lizzie Honan (Madison Square Park Conservancy)

– Jérôme Barth (Bryant Park Corp)

– Laura Roumanos (Photoville)

– Luke Jerram (Play Me I’m Yours!)

– Emmanuel Germond (EDP, Festival international du Film Chiant)

– Jonathan Hopkins & Mary Cavett (Smith Street Stage Company).

• Gilles Zamo, DPLG landscaper from the prestigious Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Paysage de Versailles, collaborated to this project and created a “cultural map” of the spaces the interviewers speak about.
• Claude Di-Biase, a friend and collaborator since the Best Of Short Films Festival, translated the French interviews in English.