Searching for the soul of the city
CityPoem 19 - Paris
By Hans Karssenberg
12-11-2006 /views: 2025 in past 12 months.
Not one CityPoem, but 26. And we had to make a selection. A selection of the very well known Parisian stencil artist ‘Miss.Tic’. No one knows who she is.
Photo: Gadl
Miss.Tic appears with short pun poems and an image of this seductive super Parisienne.
Mystic she is, for no one knows exactly who she is. The artist does have a large flock of fans though. The stencil technique make the short pun poems fade away easily. You have to be quick to get a good view or picture. Fans track them down and pass them on.
Read more about how she systematically works her way through Paris…
Paris CityPoems: Miss Tic
La poésie
est
un sport
de
l'extrême
est
un sport
de
l'extrême
Poetry
is
an
extreme
sport
About the author
This Sunday, Erasmuspc pays a tribute to the very well known Miss Tic of Paris. An alphabet exhibition this week: 26 photos.
On the internet, MissTic calls herself “an artist, a plastic surgeon and a poet from Paris”. She was born in 1956, and is most known for her stencil murals throughout Paris. The first stencil appeared in 1985. The stencils rub off so soon that you have to be fast to catch her.
The first ‘Miss Tics’ appeared in 1985. The very first one appeared in the 14th arrondissement, but soon she worked in the centre of Paris, the 1st arrondissement. Slowly, arrondissement by arrondissement, Miss Tic worked her way out. Each year, she adopts another arrondissement, following the numbers of the Parisian arrondissement count.
Twenty years later, in 2005, everyone held their breath, for Miss Tic was working in the last, the 20th arrondissement of Paris. She does not seem to want to quit yet though. In 2006, she jumped to the Bois the Vincennes, just outside of Paris. Will she move to the Bois the Boulogne next year?
Enjoy many more Miss Tics below on this page. You can also follow one of these links:
> See Miss Tic homepage http://www.missticinparis.com/
> See how Paris was conquered by Miss Tic: http://www.missticinparis.com/misstic_pochoirs_des_rues.html
> See Miss Tic Fanclub http://henrikaufman.typepad.com/misstic_fanclub/
> See Miss Tic homepage http://www.missticinparis.com/
> See how Paris was conquered by Miss Tic: http://www.missticinparis.com/misstic_pochoirs_des_rues.html
> See Miss Tic Fanclub http://henrikaufman.typepad.com/misstic_fanclub/
And see the other Paris CityPoem in the Inspiring Cities Collection.
b
Photo: Paul Keller
Si dans la nuit
nos cris d'oiseaux
se taisent
vous mendirez
des nouvelles
When at night
our bird shrieks
quiet down
you beg
for more
c
Photo: Paul Keller
Je fume
pour
oublier
que
tu bois
I smoke
to
forget
that
you drink
d
Photo: Paul Keller
J’ai le mal
de taire
et mes ailes
en réclament
encore…
I am sick
of keeping silent
and my wings
to claim
still…
e
Photo: cicilief
bricole
moi
une
été
build
me
a
summer
f
Photo: Paul Keller
Belle
et
bien
là
Beautiful
and
good
there
g
Photo: Paul Keller
Je ferai
jolie
sur les trottoirs
de
l'Histoire
de
l'Art
I will do
pretty
on the pavements
of
the history
of
arts
h
Photo: Paul Keller
J’ai
couché
avec
une armee
de
sentiments
I have
gone to bed
with
an army
of
sentiments
i
Photo: Paul Keller
Tes faims
de moi
sont
difficiles
Your hunger
for me
is
difficult
j
Photo: Paul Keller
Je revendique
l’absolu
minimum
I claim
the absolute
minimum
k
Photo: John©
Quand
le vain
est tiré
il faut
le boire
When
the fruitless
is opened
you have
to drink it
(vain was replace by vin, wine; the French proverb ‘If you open the wine, you have to drink it’, meaning ‘In for a penny, in for a pound’)
l
Photo: EkE2k6
J’ai vendu
ton ame
au diable
I have sold
your soul
to the devil
m
Photo: Herwann
A
ma
zone
To
my
zone
(or Amazone of course)
n
Photo: Paul Keller
Esthétique
du
minimum
j’ecris
mince
Minimal
esthaetics
I write
slenderly
o
Photo: Paul Keller
Mon
amour
tu me
prends
pour
une
autre
My
love
you
take me
for
another
p
Photo: Paul Keller
Aimer dire
Et médire
Say love
And bad-mouth
q
Photo: Paul Keller
Belle
et
rebelle
Beauty
and
rebel
r
Photo: Paul Keller
Je
m’édite
tu
médites
I
publish
you
meditate
s
Photo: Paul Keller
Jalouse
Jalouse
Jalouse
Jealous
Jealous
Jealous
t
Photo: Paul Keller
Regarde
la
réalité
en
farce
See
reality
in the
farce
u
Photo: TheFunkyMan
Peut-on
réussir
ce
qu’on
rate
?
Can you
succeed
at
what you
fail at
?
v
Photo: Cicilief
Nous
sommes
tous
en situation
irrégulière
Miss Tic
for president
We
are
all
irregulars
w
Photo: Inevernu
Appâts
de
louve
She-wolf
bait
x
Photo: Cicilief
Le
pouvoir
ne
protège
pas
il se
protège
The
power
does
not
protect
it
protects
itself
y
Photo: Cicilief
Redouter
ce qu'on
souhaite
Souhaiter
ce qu'on
redoute
Fear
what you
wish
Wish
what you
fear
z
Photo: Goandgo
Et l’amour
mon amour
And love
my love
Miss Tic says goodbye and good night
Photo: Goandgo
b
Photo: Paul Keller
Si dans la nuit
nos cris d'oiseaux
se taisent
vous mendirez
des nouvelles
When at night
our bird shrieks
quiet down
you beg
for more
c
Photo: Paul Keller
Je fume
pour
oublier
que
tu bois
I smoke
to
forget
that
you drink
d
Photo: Paul Keller
J’ai le mal
de taire
et mes ailes
en réclament
encore…
I am sick
of keeping silent
and my wings
to claim
still…
e
Photo: cicilief
bricole
moi
une
été
build
me
a
summer
f
Photo: Paul Keller
Belle
et
bien
là
Beautiful
and
good
there
g
Photo: Paul Keller
Je ferai
jolie
sur les trottoirs
de
l'Histoire
de
l'Art
I will do
pretty
on the pavements
of
the history
of
arts
h
Photo: Paul Keller
J’ai
couché
avec
une armee
de
sentiments
I have
gone to bed
with
an army
of
sentiments
i
Photo: Paul Keller
Tes faims
de moi
sont
difficiles
Your hunger
for me
is
difficult
j
Photo: Paul Keller
Je revendique
l’absolu
minimum
I claim
the absolute
minimum
k
Photo: John©
Quand
le vain
est tiré
il faut
le boire
When
the fruitless
is opened
you have
to drink it
(vain was replace by vin, wine; the French proverb ‘If you open the wine, you have to drink it’, meaning ‘In for a penny, in for a pound’)
l
Photo: EkE2k6
J’ai vendu
ton ame
au diable
I have sold
your soul
to the devil
m
Photo: Herwann
A
ma
zone
To
my
zone
(or Amazone of course)
n
Photo: Paul Keller
Esthétique
du
minimum
j’ecris
mince
Minimal
esthaetics
I write
slenderly
o
Photo: Paul Keller
Mon
amour
tu me
prends
pour
une
autre
My
love
you
take me
for
another
p
Photo: Paul Keller
Aimer dire
Et médire
Say love
And bad-mouth
q
Photo: Paul Keller
Belle
et
rebelle
Beauty
and
rebel
r
Photo: Paul Keller
Je
m’édite
tu
médites
I
publish
you
meditate
s
Photo: Paul Keller
Jalouse
Jalouse
Jalouse
Jealous
Jealous
Jealous
t
Photo: Paul Keller
Regarde
la
réalité
en
farce
See
reality
in the
farce
u
Photo: TheFunkyMan
Peut-on
réussir
ce
qu’on
rate
?
Can you
succeed
at
what you
fail at
?
v
Photo: Cicilief
Nous
sommes
tous
en situation
irrégulière
Miss Tic
for president
We
are
all
irregulars
w
Photo: Inevernu
Appâts
de
louve
She-wolf
bait
x
Photo: Cicilief
Le
pouvoir
ne
protège
pas
il se
protège
The
power
does
not
protect
it
protects
itself
y
Photo: Cicilief
Redouter
ce qu'on
souhaite
Souhaiter
ce qu'on
redoute
Fear
what you
wish
Wish
what you
fear
z
Photo: Goandgo
Et l’amour
mon amour
And love
my love
Miss Tic says goodbye and good night
Photo: Goandgo
Inspiring Cities Museum of CityPoems
Inspiring Cities has collected many citypoems over the years, as well as organized salons with citypoets and cities doing special projects. We have two criteria for what a citypoem is: the intention must be poetic, and it must be in the public realm of cities. Shapes, form and locations can and do differ.
The Museum of CityPoems has citypoems from cities all over the world. From Alhambra to Zonnebeke, from Taipei to Lima.
Got one yourself? Mail us your pictures (free of rights) and description, and we will publish.
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