Lucas Horvath
...I wanted to add that art has much more to do with WAITING as people generally think – another “finding” I made during my stay in Paris
You understand many things: only in hindsight
Here are authorised text snippets donated by a colleague from the upper floors:
Dear Lucas,
I’m starting a blank mail now to note down what stuck in my mind:
Here you run into some colleagues,
sometimes every day, at least almost
You don’t ever meet other colleagues, at least almost
You get to know some, at least almost
You never get to know the others, at least I didn’t
Some time or other, you knock on the door of some colleagues, at least I did so
You don’t do that with other colleagues, at least I didn’t
At N° 1721, for example, I knocked on the door often or rang the bell, if necessary
After all, it doesn’t take long to open the door and if it does take long, I know he is not in. That I know.
There is a spiral here that you can take, it goes on and on, also beyond the periphery: there, for example, there is a hairdresser, a less expensive one, and much more
Big churches, for example.
Back in the room: the tables are positioned so that you can work well on two of them and the third one is placed so that it is good for eating
Actually the shelf: tilted, as a small wall in front of the bed, as a fourth table before going to sleep
The kitchen: too small as all of them here (at least almost)
Therefore, potatoes in the chest of drawers
…
therefore, potatoes in the chest of drawers
because:
everyone has their room here and everyone has their time,
everybody is asked about it,
everybody asks about it
At N° 1721, for example, you have four months and the other question is about what you are doing:
And what are you doing? I ask
I paint here, he says
What? I ask
Fish, he says
Do you also eat fish? I ask
Yes, of course, he says
Okay, I say
Photo credits: Peter Truschner (at the museum), Maria Tackmann (artist in the bridge’s niche), Lucas Horvath (rest)
| 1. | My stay in one word: |
| épatant [epatɑ̃] adj <-ante [-ɑ̃t]> FAM | |
| 2. | Things I miss since I am no longer there: |
| Sea fish | |
| 3. | Dos & Don'ts at this place: |
| Just do... (the administration of the Cité may seem Byzantine at the beginning, but actually you can do – almost – everything there). | |
| 4. | Where you can buy great supplies: |
| Fish markets several times a week, Boesner, Leroy Merlin for tools. | |
| 5. | What you should definitely bring with you from home: |
| Maybe a pan if you have special aspirations in this respect. As for the rest, you can get everything at comparable prices. | |
| 6. | On art at my residency place: |
| The places to which the others also went. Eating out was not so important for me and in my target price category it was, in fact, unfortunately below expectations, apart from a few cases in the suburbs. Over-the-counter coffee is better and less expensive than in Vienna. | |
| 7. | Around the studio – this is where I go shopping, drink a coffee and get the best lunch specials within walking distance: |
| That, I believe, depends very much on the season. In the warm months we used to hang out in the courtyard of the Cité or down by the Seine. The sound is overwhelming around the clock anyway and I also had to adjust my sleeping habits. Maybe it’s worth mentioning that there are various outdoor ball events on the banks of the Seine (salsa, swing, tango, sometimes even Arab ones) – for dancers, but also for those who would like to become dancers within a short time. | |
| 8. | Where I like to spend the evening (dinner, drinks and best sound): |
| Nothing, I always like to be surprised. And by the way: it was great that I immediately bought a bicycle on the flea market – the perfect way to get around. The next resident will be happy about it for sure! | |
| 9. | What I would have liked to know about the studio already at the start of my residency: |
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