It's surprising what you can learn at a laundromat. One day, while I was drying clothes, I encountered a young man who told me about an unusual art exhibit. He was one of the organizers. The presentation, "Art in Situ," was an exhibition at Fort D'Aubervilliers, some distance away from us, but reachable by metro. So on the Saturday when Keara and Rasmus were here, and Aidan and Joseph were back, we made the trek across town.
The setting of the free exhibit was a former auto impound and wrecking yard. It will soon be bulldozed to prepare for "ecological" public housing, with a low energy use and footprint. More than 40 urban and street artists (like Banksy and Shepard Fairey, but less well known) had been invited to decorate the space for this temporary exhibition before it was demolished. It was a stunning display.
We were pleased to see something that the average tourist wouldn't see, and at the end of the day, we made our own colorful display back in Montmartre in front of the Moulin Rouge.
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