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French artist JR inflates a giant ‘cave’ over Paris’ oldest bridge (VIDEO, 1MIN) (apnews.com)
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Paris’ oldest bridge has vanished. This week, the artist known as the “French Banksy,” JR, inflated a giant “cave” over the Pont Neuf — a monumental, rocky illusion swallowing the 17th-century landmark whole. (AP video by Alexander Turnbull and Nicolas Garriga)

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[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Banksy is not doing "big official stuff set up by a huge team, and funded by one of the Daftpunks." The comparison is kind of an insult.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's literally just a cool thing to look at. Not that deep.

Maybe just enjoy the view, sourpuss.

(Not that I disagree. Christo and Jeanne-Claude would be a better comparison.)

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

We already had a lot of so called artists wrapping bridges in Paris with toilet paper or useless plastic stuff. It's kind of a meme at that point. I'm not impressed anymore.