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by ememem

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A Magical Encounter with the Art of Laurence Petit ✨🎨💖

​During my daily walk, I made a discovery that truly brightened my day! ☀️ I stumbled upon these magnificent little works of art that bring our sidewalks back to life. 👣🏘️

​I now know they are created by the artist Laurence Petit, also known as "The Sidewalk Fairy" (La fée des trottoirs). 🧚‍♀️✨ She practices "flacking": a poetic way of transforming cracks in the concrete into bursts of color! 🌈💎

​It’s such a brilliant idea! 💡 Knowing that someone takes the time to "heal" our streets with beauty and joy makes every stroll feel even more special. 🥰 Walking past these is like finding hidden treasure! 💎✨

​As she so beautifully says: "Spreading joy, one mosaic at a time." 🌸🙌

​Thank you, Laurence, for bringing so much magic to our neighborhood! ❤️🏙️✨

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Monday Murals Street Art… Art on the street.

In the footsteps of Ememem, the "flaker" not the rapper. I stumbled upon this one walking along the seine, the side I usually don’t walk; Cour La Reine near Pont Alexandre III.

***Flacking is a low-tech artistic technique that consists in repairing potholes and gashes in public space with mosaics, Lego and/or ceramic materials. The works thus created are called "flackings" or "sidewalk dressings" and are grafted to the ground. They have a random life span depending on the habits of passage and the type of use of the repaired space. Often associated with the practice of kintsugi, flacking aims to repair and beautify public space.

The word "flacking" was coined in 2016 by mosaic artist Ememem, to describe his "artistic mending" of the city of Lyon. It is derived from the French word "flaque" because the works created are similar to puddles of color. Initially a "wild" urban art practice, flacking has become a practice chosen by municipalities as a low-tech and artistic solution to repair pedestrian spaces in the medium term.***

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Artist Ememem fills in broken infrastructure with mosaic and it’s beautiful street art. “Appele ta mère” is genius.

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Ememem, Lyon

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Ememem, Pont de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Lyon 6e

Ememem, Pont de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Lyon 6e

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