Ememem

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Ememem
A mosaic on a sidewalk by Ememem
A mosaic by Ememem
NationalityFrench
Known forMosaics
StyleStreet art
Websitewww.ememem-flacking.net

Ememem is a French street artist. Based in Lyon, Ememem creates mosaics incorporating geometric motifs in cracked sidewalks and façades, a process they[a] call flacking. Ememem is anonymous, and creates art at night, causing it to generally be discovered at dawn.

Art[]

A street artist,[2] Ememem creates mosaics in cracked sidewalks and façades. They describe this art, which incorporates geometric motifs, as "a poem that everybody can read" and "a memory notebook of the city."[3] Their first mosaic was created in 2011 in an alley in his hometown of Lyon, though they had already been working with ceramic prior to that; they have consistently been creating street mosaics across France since 2016.[3] Their mosaics can easily be found in Lyon, and some visitors to the city walk around to look for the art.[4] In addition to France, as of September 2021 they had created mosaics in Barcelona (including in the Plaça Urquinaona and Sant Antoni[5]) and Madrid[2] as well as Turín, Oslo, Melbourne,[5] and Aberdeen.[6]

A mosaic by Ememem in Madrid

In 2021, Ememem was commissioned by the  [fr] to decorate the location of a new Grand Paris Express stop.[2] In addition to their street art, they have created additional commissions for exhibitions, some of which have been purchased by art collectors.[1]

Ememem describes their art as flacking, a self-coined[7] neologism derived from the French flaque meaning "puddle" or "pool".[6] They have cited Célébration du sol by Jean Dubuffet as an influence.[8]

Personal life[]

Ememem is French[5] and lives in Lyon, where they are known as "the pavement surgeon"[3] or le chirurgien des trottoirs ("the surgeon of the sidewalks").[4] They told Ynet that the name "Ememem" refers to the sound of their moped, which they ride when they go to create a mosaic.[9] They work at night to remain anonymous, and their identity is unknown; their work is generally found at dawn.[2] They have refused requests for in-person or radio interviews, and declined to state their age or gender.[1] They share images of their work on Instagram with the account "@ememem.flacking",[7] which had more than 70,000 followers as of June 15, 2021.[9]

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Notes[]

  1. ^ The identity of Ememem is unknown, and the artist has refused to share information such as age and gender.[1] This article therefore uses they/them pronouns for the artist.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Renout, Frank (July 20, 2021). "Anonieme kunstenaar Ememem is 'Moeder Teresa van slecht behandelde stoepen'" [Anonymous Artist Ememem is 'Mother Teresa of Badly Treated Sidewalks']. Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-11-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d Mases, Carlota Bisbe (2021-09-05). "Ememem, el artista callejero que rellena las grietas del pavimento con mosaicos de colores" [Ememem, the street artist who fills the cracks in the pavement with colored mosaics]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c Ebert, Grace (2021-05-13). "Ceramic Mosaics Mend Cracked Sidewalks, Potholes, and Buildings in Vibrant Interventions by Ememem". Colossal. Retrieved 2021-11-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b Chuzeville, Baptiste (2021-09-22). "Ememem, l'artiste chirurgien des rues lyonnaises" [Ememem, the artist-surgeon of the streets of Lyon]. Le Tout Lyon (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b c "Street artist Ememem gives makeover to roads damaged from riot". Catalan News. November 20, 2019. Retrieved 2021-11-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b Meek, Natasha (April 19, 2021). "The French pavement street artist Ememem from Lyon going viral in Yorkshire". The Press. Retrieved 2021-11-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b Reneau, Annie (2021-05-25). "French street artist fills ugly, jagged potholes with gorgeous, colorful mosaics". Upworthy. Retrieved 2021-11-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Rostagnat, Mélanie (2019-10-09). "Collage, mosaïques: les 6 street artistes du moment à Paris" [Collage, mosaics: the 6 street artists of the moment in Paris]. Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ a b מוספיר, דר (2021-06-15). ""למדתי את הרחוב כל חיי": האמן האלמוני שמתקן את מדרכות אירופה" ["I have studied the street all my life": the anonymous artist who repairs the sidewalks of Europe]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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