To support the art and culture sector – currently on hold, left out by the government and the Minister of Culture – some players from this very sector protest light-heartedly, as others opt for softer methods, but just as impacting and powerful.
This is the case of Lucas Destrem – entrusted with Inventory/Promotion of the Industrial Heritage in the Country of art and history from Cathar Pyrénées and twitter user in his spare time.
To make his voice heard and support – as he can – the cultural world, the young man has come up with a lovely Paris metro map, reproducing the official RATP map, but gathering – instead of the 500 classic metro stations – the many cultural venues in Paris we all dearly miss.
He pinned “museums, historic monuments, libraries, theaters, culture and music cafés, show venues, art studios, social-cultural centers, outdoor activities centers, media institutions, archives, movie theaters, art schools, research centers”.
He explains his approach on his official website: “All the real names of the stations have been altered, and replaced by a new toponym, referring to art, cultural, leisure places set nearby. The goal of the map is to promote institutions, objects, cultural players badly impacted by the Covid-19 health crisis which economic and psychological prospects happen to be often dark”.
He adds: “it aims at shining a light on the richness and diversity of the social-cultural and art material in the Paris area, to highlight the living heritage these different players have been protecting, promoting, studying, and creating, and to remind how much these places are vital to everyone’s wellbeing, as they create bonds, emotion, and make millions of people live in France”.
A magnificent initiative reminding us how much Paris has to offer. We are looking forward for cultural places to reopen.
