The Marché de Noël des Abbesses in Montmartre was offering a course on Roland Barthes this Christmas Eve, with vinyl examples…
Here a vendor uses the disc to advertise his wares. Enamored by it’s surface, and delighted by its re-application, I forgot to read it, or have a drink.
Using vinyl discs as a canvas deKo Facto creates objects depicting musical icons and images. Is a appropriately corresponding disc used, or are the Beatles adorning an Abba LP? What meaning/songs lie beneath the red Steve McQueen vs the blue? Doesn’t Serge seem to be listening? Who is the author? Sign or symbol? Lost in this plurality of meaning, my head spinning (like a record), am I quoting Pete Burns, Little Nell, Adam Sandler, or yet another re-mix? A simple fellows seeking universal meaning in a closed situation I opt for the obvious bourgeois solution; lunch.