In 50 or 70 years, what will remain of the work of architect Tony Garnier in Lyon? "The existing protections on certain buildings as historical monuments were not enough to prevent their transformation, or even their demolition", observes Pierre Gras, the president of the prefiguration association of the Tony Garnier institute and doctor of history. Witness the Gerland stadium, which has retained only its four historic arches. Or the partially destroyed Gerland swimming pool, of which only the diving board...
"It's the coup de grace," says the director of the Tony Garnier Urban Museum (Lyon 8), Catherine Chambon. This Thursday, she told AFP that she had received a letter from the Region forty-eight hours ago, informing her that a grant of 35,000 euros, expected "for the current financial year", would not be available to her. paid.The Region confirmed to AFP the “non-renewal” of its subsidy to the Tony Garnier museum, arguing for a “rebalancing towards territories where the cultural offer...
When Chicago house and Detroit techno swept over to England in the mid-1980s, transforming acid house incarnation from a gray industrial city of Manchester into a pill-filled Madchester, young Laurent Garnier was in the right place at the right time. Previously serving as a waiter at the French Embassy in London, he moved to Manchester in 1986 to serve the exciting new music that the forward-thinking DJ was putting on the plates at the time.Under the somewhat silly but arguably...
A documentary as abundant as it is energizing! In Off The Records, director Gabin Rivoire mixes the history of the techno movement with the portrait of one of its pioneers, DJ Laurent Garnier. While the musician launches this Monday a tour of the dark rooms to present the film with the filmmaker, meet at the Rex with this determined, committed monarch of electro music, overflowing with humility and enthusiasm. You initially had the project of a fictional film, why did...
[ad_1] Valérie Garnier had replaced Pierre Vincent, of whom she was the assistant, in August 2013. With her, the French women's basketball team remains this summer on a place of finalist at the Franco-Spanish Euro, then a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. After an eight-year term, the 56-year-old technician is leaving her post. Valérie Garnier, coach of the French women's basketball team, double medalist this summer at the European Championship and at the Olympic Games, will no longer be...
