Festival Planète Périphérique : the street art invests a building of the East of Paris, our photos

Usually, street art covers the walls in many cities. But it sometimes happens that urban art invites itself in more crazy and monumental projects. One thinks of course of the Tour du 13e in Paris, where 102 artists took over a nine-story building along the banks of the Seine, or more recently of the Colors Festival. This spring, a new large-scale cultural and artistic event is taking over a neighborhood in eastern Paris. Its name? The Planète Périphérique Festival.

Since March 13th, several dozens of street artists have been working hard to paint, spray-paint and draw on the walls of the 5 floors of a building located in the heart of the Python-Duvernois housing estate, at the level of the Porte de Bagnolet in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.

After this time of creation and residence, the place finally opens its doors to the public from April 14 to May 7, 2023 for a little more than three weeks ofexhibition, punctuated by various animations (live painting, shows, conferences, concerts, performances...). Find the detailed program on the social networks of Pyth and Rouge Rouge.

Urban art fans can discover works and frescoes spread over nearly 3,100 m²! In total, about a hundred artists and street artists invest the twenty apartments of this building spread over 5 floors!

As for the artists, you can admire the work of several big names in street art, including the Black Line crew, WhoseThatGirl, DJMC, Ernesto Novo, Kaldea, Skio, Djalouz, Caligr Oner, Paulo Kewo, One Pesca, but also Manu Ibrahim, Tito/Mulk, Vinci Vince, Andrew Wallas, Les Poulpeuses.... all have accepted the challenge and make murals around six different themes: street art, contemporary art, visual arts, vandal and graffiti, political art with committed arts and non-mixity and its 100% creative.

For this last theme, a dozen women street artists have taken over several apartmentslocated on the second floor, including Demoiselle MM, Melanie aka meln_art, Momolacrapule, isor.le, Lapin Mutant, or Louyz, Akelo and MS Beja. Within this space, there was a rule to respect: the male street artists were not allowed to enter and this, throughout the creation process. If this rule could create some frustrations for some men, it allowed some street artists to feel freer in the realization of their frescoes imagined around their own theme:"Invasion".

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Behind the Festival Planète Périphérique, supported by the City Hall of the 20th and the RIVP, the second largest social landlord in Paris, we find the association Le Pyth and Rouge Rouge. The goal? To revive this district of the capital before its transformation, while paying tribute to the history of this city and its inhabitants.

As explained by the City of Paris in a document published in 2019, the Python-Duvernois neighborhood is characterized"by a socio-economic fragility.""The site hosts a modest population and increasingly affected by poverty (49% of single-parent families against 29% in Paris, 46% of people without a diploma, 30% of low-income households)," it adds. Built in the 1950s, the Python-Duvernois neighborhood will be redeveloped. Spread over 17 hectares, the work will create new housing, offices, shops and a 3-hectare sports and landscaped park.

While waiting for its demolition and transformation, a hundred or so artists and street artists are taking over a five-story building in the city for the Planète Périphérique Festival. From April 14 to May 7, 2023, you will be able to admire their works and frescoes during an ephemeral exhibition and a unique multidisciplinary event open to all. To enter the building, note that each person must join the association (free price).