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reading through contact emails and found this, from xavier cahen:

le petit magasin [english below]

arrivée en septembre 1992 dans cette grande ville de new york, cette place me plut immédiatement. east village est un petit village dans une grande ville. côtoyant leurs destinés, je décidais de louer un petit magasin sur la onzième rue au 520 coté est. après quelques rénovations, l'espace pouvait accueillir mon travail, tentative de communication dans un pays étranger, de partage et d'échanges, d'intégration. j'installais "le petit jardin des rêves" et réouvrais ma vitrine pour le plaisir de nous tous. l'accueil fut chaleureux et même audelà de toutes mes espérances, le contact était là. je décidais alors de pousser l'expérience plus loin, je fixais une boite aux lettres sur ma porte d'entrée à proximité de la vitrine, du papier, un stylo et leur proposais de participer à un livre. en échange, je leurs cédais une partie de ma vitrine pour exposer leurs messages, de manière à leur rendre hommage à leurs donner la parole. puis, j'aménageais une place discrète derrière l'installation du "petit jardin des rêves" afin de dessiner les badauds et les curieux, tous ces messagers anonymes, ces voisins proches et lointains. cette expérience à donner naissance à un livre qui sous le titre "my little store" est un journal de bord regroupant 45 messages et dessins recueillis tout au long de ces 45 jours d'ouverture. hommage à ces gens sans "histoire," remerciements, cadeaux d'amitié d'une vie partagée.

le petit magasin: http://www.levels9.com/pieces/mls/

my little store

arriving in this big city in september, "a little lost, a little curious," i liked this place immediately. the east village is a small village in a big city. metting with destiny, i decided to rent a little store front on the east side on eleventh street, at number 520. after some renovations, the space could accommodate my work, an attempt at communication in this foreign country, of sharing and exchanges, of integration. i then installed "the little garden of dreams" and opened my shop windows for the pleasure of us. the welcome was warm and even beyond all of my expectations, the contact was there. i then decide to push the experiment further, i attached a mailbox on my door, near the shop window, paper, a pen and i suggested to them part in a book. in exchange, i gave up part of my shop window for them to exhibit their messages, in a way that paid them tribute and gave them voice. then i set up a discreet place behind the installation of "the little garden of dreams," in order to sketch the gawkers and curious, all these anonymous messengers, these neighbors close and far. this experiment gave birth to another installation "the little museum of souvenir" grouping together more than 106 drawings collected throughout the 45 days of opening. tribute to these people without "history," acknowledgements, gift of friendship from a shared life.

my little store: http://www.levels9.com/pieces/mls/

posted February 21, 2002 in delivery. 2001
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