Le réel et la représentation

Stills from California Typewriter

Translation of the Manifesto by Paul Sath

à Paris

The Arcades:

Semi-mysterious typewriter-themed calendars:

Miniature dishes at a toy shop in the Arcades; each is about 1 inch across:

A lovely piece in the Picasso Museum:

Fondation Louis Vuitton—the house that bags built:

Installation by Olafur Eliasson:

This is Paris in the 21st century, avec moi.

L'insurrection à Paris

 

—from a confidential source

J'aime le pouvoir des mots écrits à la machine à écrire!

According to this blog, a Hermes 3000 is (or was) available for public

use at Shakespeare & Co. I didn't spot it -- maybe it was in the upstairs area

where I didn't venture, or maybe it was obscured by the mob. (There

is a queue to get into the bookstore and you can barely move once in.)

(Yes, that's my arm sticking into M. L'Héritier's eye. This was a big ad on the side of a kiosk. 

The subtle name of the magazine is Winner.)

Remington 2000, photo altered from an Etsy listing:

At least there's evidence that the French are hip to hipsters:

Adopteunmec.com (Adopt a Guy)

Andrea Haenggi

Rob Neuwirth