The Colour Effect: Back with News from Paris, Xavier Veilhan in Versailles

Hello again!!!

I've gone away for a while...sorry about that! I have to admit that life has been giving me a hard time lately, what with job and school obligations and ehm...a short trip to Paris (whaaat? you all know planning and packing for a trip can be frustrating! :P)

I won't start uploading my photos yet...I need to sort them out a bit first, but I can't wait any longer, I have to let you know how freaking lucky I was!!!

I'll start from the beginning...I planned this short trip for me and 3 of my friends. There were me, my girlfriends Maria and Margarita and a new-found-friend Thanasis (the only guy, lucky T.). We had a rough plan of what we where going to see on which day. On Sunday 13th we would visit the flea markets...but we didn't!

I read an article on a magazine during the flight (12/12) about the sculpture installations of Xavier Veilhan on the Chateau des Versailles so...I cried my heart out until everyone agreed we should go and experience the exhibition on it's very last day... (the drama! :P)

The freezinf cold, the mixup with the metro lines and ticket, the overflowing crowds couldn't stop us of course!!!

Here's a quick brief and photos of the exhibition, a more personal post will follow with my photos and comments on it.

Xavier Veilhan: “My project for Versailles mainly addresses the outdoor realm, following an east/west axis across the estate, from the Place d’Armes to Le Nôtre’s formal gardens. I will be placing several works or groups of works conceived especially for this exhibition, which will articulate the continuity that joins the site’s history to its contemporary protraction. This is a project that is dynamic, classical, open and universal, aiming to establish a new bond between visitors to the place and the spaces they come into contact with.”