L’éphémère et les secondes vies des objets du carnaval
The Nice Carnival is currently one of the most famous carnivals in the world. During these festivities, the procession of carts and “big heads”, along with companies, are key features of the event. Each year, the theme of the carnival changes, which implies the destruction of the works created for t...
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| description | The Nice Carnival is currently one of the most famous carnivals in the world. During these festivities, the procession of carts and “big heads”, along with companies, are key features of the event. Each year, the theme of the carnival changes, which implies the destruction of the works created for the previous processions, so as to build new ones. They are thus short-lived pieces of art. This leads the builders to be both creators and destroyers. The ephemeral aspect is experienced as an inherent reality of the carnival, an embodiment of its cyclical nature. It may also be praised as a source of creative stimulation, connected to the pleasure of creating and creating again, but it can be a source of sadness and feeling of injustice. While most of the objects of the carnival are dismantled and destroyed, some of them are likely to have another fate. The sculptures of carts or the “big heads” can be sold, given or reused with commercial or ornamental aims or even exported abroad, but also declared a part of heritage and sent to museums. By working on this concept of biographies of objects, the author offers to shed light on the future of these festive works. Their consequent reuse and the purposes of such mirror the large dynamics at work in this urban carnival. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5d9cb8068fb143c290aec8d2225793bb2025-08-20T01:55:05ZfraMinistère de la Culture et de la CommunicationIn Situ1630-73052020-06-014210.4000/insitu.27917L’éphémère et les secondes vies des objets du carnavalAntonin ChabertThe Nice Carnival is currently one of the most famous carnivals in the world. During these festivities, the procession of carts and “big heads”, along with companies, are key features of the event. Each year, the theme of the carnival changes, which implies the destruction of the works created for the previous processions, so as to build new ones. They are thus short-lived pieces of art. This leads the builders to be both creators and destroyers. The ephemeral aspect is experienced as an inherent reality of the carnival, an embodiment of its cyclical nature. It may also be praised as a source of creative stimulation, connected to the pleasure of creating and creating again, but it can be a source of sadness and feeling of injustice. While most of the objects of the carnival are dismantled and destroyed, some of them are likely to have another fate. The sculptures of carts or the “big heads” can be sold, given or reused with commercial or ornamental aims or even exported abroad, but also declared a part of heritage and sent to museums. By working on this concept of biographies of objects, the author offers to shed light on the future of these festive works. Their consequent reuse and the purposes of such mirror the large dynamics at work in this urban carnival.https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/27917Niceheritage identificationbiography of objectsNice Carnivalcarnival memberscirculation of objects |
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| title | L’éphémère et les secondes vies des objets du carnaval |
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| title_short | L’éphémère et les secondes vies des objets du carnaval |
| title_sort | l ephemere et les secondes vies des objets du carnaval |
| topic | Nice heritage identification biography of objects Nice Carnival carnival members circulation of objects |
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