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magazine Paris Street Artist

The Story

Michel

FRANCE

AUSTRALIA

VALERIE

ITALY

CHARLES

Canada

LOKKI

RUSSIA

Heather & Lucas

COVER Serge Gainsbourg by Peter Schlipf

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Dear friends of WOW! Travelling four weeks through Paris was an amazing experience and gave us so many possibilities to meet creative people from all over the world. Everyone of them is a great entertainer. People coming along stop for a short while to listen to the music or looking at the paintings – and last but not least have a small talk with the artists. It is a very special little page in the endless book of Paris. Enjoy the portraits in our new edition and think back at your next visit in Paris… Thanks to Pete for the great shots and a big thank you to Berthold for his friendship and support.

In 2001 I began visiting Paris on a regular basis to

Fete de la Musique, the official street music holiday festival

explore the city street by street and all it's glorious and not

celebrated in all of France on June 21, the first day of

so glorious splendor.

summer; it goes without saying - is the best day to experience

Currently, I spend an average of 30 days a year here. As many know; Paris is a endless adventure. Being a photographer by trade, I once made a list of all the things in Paris I thought could be interesting photographic topics.

...perhaps something of a trend in Paris during recent years is the return of the - working artist! Yes, that near extinct breed of Homo Sapiens that

The list is long. There are countless subjects to

journeyed from places a far to inhabit the poorer districts

photograph: lovers, artists, tourists, clochards, waiters,

of european cities during the 19th and 20th century are

taxi drivers, cafes, restaurants, hotels, cemeteries - just to

making a comeback.

name a few.

Gentrification had driven them from arrondissement to

During one of my earlier visits; on a Sunday it was- I took

arrondissement; then finally almost out of town. It seems

a Metro ride. As I boarded the train; I think it was at the

that ever since the city sponsored a so-called "squat" at 59

Bastille Station - the melodic serenade of an accordion

rue de Rivoli about 5 years ago; which is now an offically

player slowly walking down the aisle caught my ear;

sanctioned residence and center for international arts and

It instantly transformed the atmosphere of the moment.

culture; a whole new generation of young foreign artists

Getting on the Metro that day for me, was much like the

are making their way back to this city of dreams to chase

scene in Woody Allen's film, "Midnight in Paris", where the

down their own dreams. 59 rue de Rivoli offers unknown

movie's main protagonist gets picked up at midnight and

international artists independent, limited residencies and

taken on a journey into the past. Yes, it really can happen

a chance to let Paris and it's art history inspire their own

like that, and street music is usually what does it.

visions. At the same time, it's a fresh location for culturally-

Whether it's on the Pont-des-Arts, the steps of the Sancre Coeur; at the Louvre, on a corner in St. Germain, or on the Metro, it's the music that makes the moment.

music on the streets of Paris - but really, any day is a great day in Paris for street music.

minded visitors to access authentic freelance creativity in here. Definitely worth the time to browse through the five etages

Street music has always been a central theme in Paris and

of ateliers and meet the artists themselves; or attend the

I was lucky enough to have caught perhaps the pinnacle of

frequent events and exhibit openings if you're passing by,

that during the mid 2000's. Authorities around then began

or in the neighborhood.

FASHION chic overdose Xenia Tchoumitcheva

Paris Street Artist | the Story

controlling those performing on the streets and in front of

And let's not forget to salute the countless street artists,

cafes. Up to that point in all the history of Paris, it was

who despite all else - determinedly execute their daily

pretty much an open thing.

craft everywhere from the Pont-des-Arts to Canal St.

Today, it's again getting back to the way it used to be -

Martin; providing visitors and city residents a never-ending

the way it should be. More and more street musicians from

theatrical backdrop unrivaled anywhere else on this planet.

around the world can be found performing in just about every arrondissement; and each have their story to tell and a song to play.

by Peter Schlipf

Xenia Tchoumitcheva

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Fatima - from Kashistan, residing in Paris the past 15 years, studied music at the Paris Conservatoire. In addition to teaching violin, she also enjoys entertaining tourists at various locations around the city - here, in the passage way underneath the busy Place de l'Etoile traffic circle at the top of the ChampsElysees leading pedestrians to the Arche de Triompf, thousands a day will hear her play anytime she's there.

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Michel Pichon - Accordion Player extraordinaire from Marseilles, "a poet's life of passion is the life I lead; in the morning I sit in the Parc des Abbessess by the "Wall of Love"; a smell of fresh coffee in the air; in the evening at Place de Dalida - I play my piece, tell a story and whoever want's, can listen".

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Noon time every Sunday at the "Les Mascot" restaurant on rue des Abessess, is where Michel Refutin plays his accordion with Dora singing and Salun on percussion, while the local citizens of Montmartre amongst their friends and whomever else, enjoy a typical seafood Sunday dinner tradition - of course

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beginning with a white wine or a Picard to whet the appetite.

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Michel-Maurice - Le Pont-des-Arts Street Artist, "oh monsieur, business no good today", about all the english he knows; is what he will often say - just as the next group of customers approach him to purchase one or two of his colorful "happy face" canvasses, that have depicted the atmosphere of the bridge of "Love" so well over the past 10 years.

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The Color and Natural

Beauty

of Nepal Valerie Caroli from Rome

Heather Stewart and Lucas Montagnier - for Paris, a not really so unusual pair. She from Australia und he a Parisienne native, often perform their mix of Ragtime, blues, jazz and for renditions at bars around the neighborhoods of Montmartre like here, at Chez Camille

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on rue Ravignan.

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Lienz ist eine sehr charmante Kleinstadt in Osttirol, bei der man auf Schritt und Tritt sowohl auf Geschichte als auch auf lebendige Gegenwart trifft. Bereits 1242 wurde Lienz vom Bozner Notar Jakob Haas als Stadt bezeichnet. Vom gefundenen Flachbeil aus der Zeit von 2000 v. Chr. bis hin zur Bedeutung von Lienz im Früh- und Hochmittelalter verlief die

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Das Hotel ist

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die

Auswahl zwischen gleich fünf

individuell gestalteten Restaurants-Stuben, in denen man mit

köstlichen Speisen, hergestellt aus hochwertigen

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Zutaten vom Küchenchef Christian Flaschberger und

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Im Grandhotel Lienz findet man eine perfekte Symbiose aus Luxus und Lifestyle mit den Ansprüchen eines Familienhotels und ganz nebenbei noch in einer grandiosen

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Valerie Caroli from Rome - always comes to Paris during the late summer months and enjoys sitting in the countless city squares during the "blue hour", outside nostalgic cafes and restaurants, strumming her guitar and exercising her operatic

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voice - to the delight of anyone within hearing distance.

Luca Pellizzari, from Florence, Italy, living in an atelier at Rivoli 59. This former Squat at rue de Rivoli 59, has been transformed in recent years into a genuine artist's residency, providing foreign artists an opportunity for a limited duration to work in Paris. Entrance into the building is free of charge for visitors and not only Luca, but many others can be found at work here.

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Jacques - using his accordion; he offers the parisienne public a carnival of sound, as he performs all the classic melodies one would expect to hear while

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crossing the Seine on the Pont des Arts in the center of Paris.

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Vivienne of Paris - if you try to take her picture and she catches you, she'll quickly put down her guitar, stretch her hand up and say; "this will be expensive for you". - As she caught me pointing my camera at her she sharply informed me that it annoys her when tourists do that; but when I explained what I was doing, she thought that was OK. 34

Vivienne

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Charles

Charles from Canada; has no problem spending hours beneath the Pont Alexandre III on the banks of the Seine honing his saxophone skills on sunny Saturday afternoons; preparing for his next gig at a Montmartre Jazz club.

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Lokki from russia playing classic rock on the yukulele at the entrance to Louvre museum. She is playing her music at all places she comes by on her journey all over northern europe and she is on her way to the Côte d’Azur where she wants to live for a while…

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