Nuit Blanche

I know what you're thinking: WTF is that?!? Well, I still can't rightly say, but it was one of the peices of modern art on display at last night's "Nuit Blanche", an annual tradition in Paris during which a number of churches, public buildings, and open spaces house temporary artistic exhibits open to the public to view during the night. Claire and I went yesterday to see some of the ouvres d'arte in Le Marais (a neat, old part of Paris on the Rive Droite) and one of my favorites was the one pictured above. Other highlights (shown below) included the 700-kilogram gigantic necklace made up of Venetian glass and the huge table filled with burning candles which represented different monuments of the world (you should be able to pick out the Eiffel Tower and Twin Towers in the photo). Then again, we also waited in line for twenty minutes to witness a bunch of old shoes with candles burning in them, so not everything could be claimed an artistic victory....