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A PROTEST
CRITICALLY EXAMINES THE LIMINAL SPACE WHERE PUBLIC PROTEST INTERSECTS WITH PRIVATE CONSUMPTION From September 15 to October 1, the storefront featured a rotating series of historically significant protest slogans, spray painted directly onto the window. This deliberate act blurs the line between sanctioned art and illicit graffiti, engaging with academic discourse, which posits that writing on walls is a primary tool for articulating counter-narratives and claiming space in the urban landscape. The ephemeral nature of the installation, where phrases are displayed and then erased, mirros the cyclical process of political dissent being written into history and subsequently overwritten.

A PROTEST WILL CULMINATE IN A PERFORMANCE, “THE SOUND THAT FELL LIKE WATER”, BY VICTORIA RUIZ ON OCTOBER 1ST, 53 RUE DE TURENNE, PARIS.

“Climate justice, social justice” emerged from global south activism in the 1990s, it argues that environmental degradation disproportionately affects marginalized communities.

“Culture above greed” is directly coming from protest movements with Indegenous Australian activists protesting Rio Tinto’s destruction of the Juukan Gorge sacred sites.

“Pas de nature, pas de futur” was popularized by WWF and echoed in mass marches across France.

“Rien à vendre” distinguishes the project’s non-commercial, NGO-based ethos from that of a commercial art gallery.

Curator and Director: Sophie Strobele
Executive Director: Jordane Salomez
Installation by Babette Roberston and Constantin Jopeck
Research Coordinator: Amelia Kerr
Text by Raban Renatus

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