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Philadelphia Graffiti Handstyles — Street Penmanship, from Gangster Prints to Wickeds
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FrancePhiladelphia has never had the mainstream aura of New York, and its writing has stayed largely off the record. Yet few cities have produced a scriptural texture of their own — a shared way of shaping letters that goes beyond the individual signature. Some local writers call this American metropolis "Whip City": in the sense […]
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Rideaux de Fer #2 — Paris shutters, special Lutes
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceOn Friday, 16 October, Nespo is back at Le Grand Jeu to launch the second volume of Rideaux de Fer, his zine devoted entirely to the painted shutters of Paris. The idea hasn't changed since issue one. When a shop closes for the night, its shutter becomes a wall, and graffiti writers have been using […]
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Itinéraire bis — A Hong Kong journey by Yucka & Jean Moner
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceOn Saturday, 17 October, Yucka and Jean Moner come up from Nantes to present Itinéraire bis, a book of film photographs taken in Hong Kong in February 2025. Both come from the graffiti scene, and that background shows in how they look at the city: side streets, details, places away from the usual routes. The […]
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50/66 — Route 66, Film & the Art You’re Not Supposed to Find
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceRoute 66 turns one hundred this year, and most of what made it famous is gone. Motels boarded up, gas stations rusting where they stand, whole towns bypassed by the interstate and left to hold their shape without a function. It is a road that survives largely as an idea — which is exactly the […]
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Jim Saah — In My Eyes, D.C. hardcore on film
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceOn Thursday, 12 November, in the middle of Paris Photo week, Le Grand Jeu and King Koala Press open an exhibition of the work of Jim Saah, the Washington, D.C. photographer who documented the city's hardcore punk scene from the inside. From 1982 to 1997, he followed Minor Threat, Faith, Void and Fugazi at close […]