La dernière maison de l’écrivain James #Baldwin est squattée par une militante. Shanon #Cain a décidé d’occuper la dernière demeure de James Baldwin à Saint-Paul De Vence, où des travaux de transformation en appartements ont déjà commencé.
Artist Statement - His Place in #Provence
►http://hisplaceinprovence.org/the-squat/artists-statement
I think about the bulldozer operators who knocked down half of this house. I think of the pillagers who stripped the house of its precious metals. I think of the government officials who approved the building plans. I think of the hundreds of Baldwin aficionados worldwide who knew the story of this house and sat in silence, inaction, or worse, whose personal agendas took precedence. I think about the times that I, too, turned away from a cause I believe in. Mostly, though, I think of the corporation out to turn this historic property into nineteen of the ugliest condos you’ve ever seen. I think of the individual at the land speculation company who made and carried out illegal plans to knock down those wings, who delivered the orders to destroy the patios. To demolish the old stone stables. To burn the ancient Cyprus trees. To leave the house and its stunning nineteenth-century Italian frescoes unprotected, windows and doors wide open year after year. To order Baldwin’s study and living quarters demolished. To him I say this: kindly suck my dick, you greedy fuc