Installed since February 14, porte de Clignancourt, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, the work called the “Heart of Paris” is open to debate. In question, its cost. Located in a very popular district of Paris, the work of artist Joana Vasconcelos has cost 650.000 euros of public money (including € 40,000 for the artist), as confirmed in the Paris city hall.
“This may offend if you take it out of its context,”
Some, such as the elected non-registered Pierre Liscia, see it as a jamboree. “At the same time the City of Paris to a lack of funding for maintaining its historic heritage,” details-t-it in a forum. For its part, the mayor of Paris has defended this work. “This may offend if you take it out of context but the work will still be there in 30 years,” says the Figaro Christophe Girard, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of culture. “When you put places of culture, it alters the environment of a neighborhood. The locals say it,” explains he. Before concluding: “These are controversial pre-election period. The list of works that have bothered to Paris is long. I assume this boldness, this is the story of Paris”.
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The financing of this “Heart” also raises the question. The mayor of Paris says the city has contributed at the rate of 60%, compared to 28% for the region and 12% for the State. In detail, the overall cost of the tramway T3 is 230 million euros and 1% of this amount (2.3 million euros) is devoted to the artistic accompaniment for the tramway. 650.000 € “Heart of Paris” come from this envelope. Joined by Le Figaro , the cabinet of Valérie Pécresse, president of the region Île-de-France, does not see things the same way and formally denies a contribution to the tune of 28%. “The region has absolutely not funded this action: 0 euro”, we wrote it. Difficult to find, so.
“The ‘Heart’, why not, but we have other priorities, such as security – ”
On the other hand, one thing is for sure: the “Heart of Paris” is not unanimous among residents. Mary, 47 years old, lives in the 18th arrondissement for the past twenty years. “The ‘heart’ why not, but it has other priorities, including security,” she explains. She denounces a sum of “indecent” and elected officials “off the ground”. “The inhabitants are to end, including people who voted to the left before. It seems to accumulate all the problems here: the housing, the crack, gangs, migrants, prostitutes”, list-t-it.
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others are less severe. “For once, we are investing in the north of Paris, it is nice, it was a symbol to us of Porte de Clignancourt”, explains Lola, a Parisian of 24 years. “The result is rather nice. When you see this little heart in the distance, one knows that one is porte de Clignancourt. In a budget that is dedicated to the work of the tram, I think it is important that it spends a decoration, it changes the symbolic,” she says.
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