Le Grand Jeu
Events at this venue
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Cut, Drawn, Printed — Flask × catcentcat
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceLe Grand Jeu hosts the launch of a collaboration between two Parisian practices that meet on cloth: the drawing of writer Flask — shaped by the most radical years of graffiti, from the metros to the tunnels — and the eye and press of catcentcat, analog photographer seen in the docuseries With One Eye Open […]
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Tilt – Never Ending Story: Throw-ups, Traces & Erasure
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceDuring lockdown, Tilt — the Toulouse graffiti artist known worldwide for his work — set himself one rule: a throw-up a day. More than 700 appeared across his city, only to vanish soon after under layers of buff paint. Never Ending Story grew out of that obsessive, ephemeral practice — a deep dive into the […]
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Thierry Maignan – Negroïde City
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceIn Paris, some presences are constant yet rarely centered — visible in everyday life, but still pushed to the margins of dominant narratives. Negroïde City begins from this tension. Through a series of black-and-white photographs, Thierry Maignan traces a lived city shaped by bodies, gestures, and movements that quietly redefine its landscape. Both intimate and […]
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Off the Rails — Graffiti, Trains & the Underground City
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceAfter a fifteen-year-old boy discovers a graffiti blackbook, his eyes are opened to an unseen city. As his interest in rugby league fades, he finds himself drawn to spray cans, a camera, and the abandoned buildings, rooftops and active train tunnels of Sydney. In its forgotten spaces, he encounters a community who see the city […]
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Before It Dries While It Lasts — Writing, Water & Disappearance
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceBefore It Dries While It Lasts is an experiment in writing as a temporary act — stripped of its usual claim to permanence. Working with water, Edoardo Baraggioli creates wall interventions that evaporate over time, questioning mark-making, duration and disappearance within the field of graffiti. For this evening at Le Grand Jeu, Edoardo will present […]