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The ebb and flow of Paris traffic

Music Video / Film

Posted by Mark Sinclair, 28 October 2009, 10:22    Permalink    Comments (2)

As part of its new evening series of Friday Lates, the London Transport Museum is staging Sounds of the Suburbs on 6 November. The multi-sensory event, curated by D-Fuse, will also screen a new short by design studio, FL@33, called 8min20sec. It's just been uploaded to our Feed section...

The short film – uploaded to Feed, here – is part of an ongoing project by London-based FL@33, the design studio founded by Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek.

The DV footage was recorded in Paris, they explain, "at the Place Charles de Gaulle (aka Place de l'Étoile) from the top of the Arc de Triomphe. It offers a bird's-eye view to the exceptionally busy roundabout below, in which the Arc stands."

The haunting soundtrack accompanying the hypnotic, looping film – which kicks in after about a minute and a half – was composed and performed especially for the video piece by the Mercury Quartet. (More information on the project can be found on the FL@33 site, here, which also includes a series of prints).

8min20sec (2009) will be screened in HD on Friday 6 November at London's Transport Museum as part of the Sounds of the Suburbs late night opening.

More info on the event and how to get tickets at the LTM website. Sounds of the Suburbs features performances from D-Fuse, Labmeta, *Spark and Electrovision and live illustration from Andy Morgan.

2 Comments

Pretty interesting as someone who had heard a lot about Paris traffic before finally venturing into it on a motorcycle a few years ago - but not sure it beats cC'etait Une Rendezvous as a statement on French driving and traffic!
Dan Thornton
2009-10-28 13:18:20


Great video, but had to stop it after a minute as I head started to hurt. Paris traffic has a rep for a reason.
bibi @ bibigallery
2009-10-29 12:15:24


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