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Beds in Hungary, the
1st of decembre 2001
I installed a mattress and a pillow
in 21 places of Budapest to speak about the disparities that I found
there. I wanted to exhibit the photos of the installation in the
wagon of the touristic metro of Budapest which follow the most famous
avenue of the inner city.
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The manager of the
BKV society answered me that it wasn't possible because, as the
metro is an historical monument, any kind of hanging is forbidden.
(Should I say that a few time later, 2 billboards for advertisement
were hanging in each wagon; the law is not always heard...). He
suggested me to exhibit in the 2 other metros that recently had
a specific place for artistic posters (named "Métro
Galéria" and that quieckly disappeard). But, because
those board were to be rent for a few millions of forints -and because
my photographs were "not beautiful enough to be appreciate
by a large public"- this man suggested me, as I am French,
to take pictures of the Paris monuments and to ask a financial support
from the Tourist Office...
So I decided to exhibit my pictures
at home one evening; a lot of different kind of people came. |