Thursday 3 February 2011

Green stilleto

Place Crillon, AvignonDriving into the old town last night through a street I seldom take, I was surprised to see this huge green stiletto image on the rampart - can you see it? I only had a few seconds to take a picture through my windshield - sorry for the poor quality. It appears to be an image projected on the wall, but why ? What does it mean? What is it about? Can you guess? All suggestions welcome. Be creative!

Hier soir je suis entrée dans la vieille ville en passant par la porte de l'Oulle et la place Crillon, ce que je fais rarement, et j'ai eu la surprise de découvrir cet immense escarpin vert sur le rempart. Le voyez-vous ? Désolée pour la mauvaise qualité de l'image, prise à toute vitesse à travers mon pare-brise alors que le conducteur de la voiture derrière moi s'impatientait. Il semble que ce soit une image projetée sur le mur... mais pourquoi ? De quoi s'agit-il ? Saurez-vous deviner ? Toutes les suggestions sont les bienvenues !
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27 comments:

  1. Michel Benoit3 February 2011 at 10:53

    Es-tu sûre que ce n'est pas plutôt un escarre peint ?

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  2. Le chausseur sachant chausser chaud3 February 2011 at 10:54

    Mais quel rapport un escarpin peut-il avoir avec le Coca-Cola ?

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  3. Mou Baraque3 February 2011 at 10:56

    Ceci dit, belle abesse, elle n'est pas du tout mauvaise ta photo.

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  4. Brigetoun3 February 2011 at 11:09

    on le voit, mais je ne sortirai pas pour vérifier qu'il est toujours là (cossarde et pas le temps)

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  5. jb3 February 2011 at 11:30

    It's advertising the upcoming Steve Winwood concert in the Salle Polyvalente Avignon.(He always has the old 1971 Traffic number "The low spark of high heeled boys" in his set list

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  6. Dianne3 February 2011 at 11:32

    Bonjour Nathalie ~ I think that shoe is to draw attention to a show ~ called " The Girl with the Green Stiletto"

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  7. Deborah3 February 2011 at 12:48

    The large green stilettos have landed...

    Newsflash: aliens are bigger than we thought, there're not little and they're not men...

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  8. Mark3 February 2011 at 13:14

    If you wear stilettos in Avignon make sure you are carrying your carbon credit certificates proving your shoes are really green.

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  9. Olivier3 February 2011 at 14:11

    c'est le prince charmant d'avignon qui cherche sa princesse ;)

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  10. nathalie3 February 2011 at 14:55

    Deborah now that's my kind of explanation! Next time you know we'll find crop circles on Popes palace square!

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  11. claude3 February 2011 at 14:55

    J'ai essayé de lire ce qu'il y a d'écrit en dessous d'escarpin. Je ne suis pas trop arrivée à tout capter. Là est peut-être la réponse.
    Ton PB est plus propre que le mien !

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  12. Margaret3 February 2011 at 15:36

    I hope it was just a reflection. A wall of such historical value shouldn't have graffiti.

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  13. Genie -- Paris and Beyond3 February 2011 at 15:43

    I heard something about shoes and hopped right over! My nickname is not Imelda for nothing...

    Big Shoe Sale?

    Bises,
    G

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  14. nathalie3 February 2011 at 15:56

    Claude, tu es sur la bonne voie. Genie aussi quand elle parle de soldes.

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  15. Sharon3 February 2011 at 19:16

    The modern way to search for Cinderella?

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  16. Tilia3 February 2011 at 21:35

    La mode est Côté Cour...??

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  17. nathalie3 February 2011 at 22:50

    C'est presque ça Tilia, la mode est côté...

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  18. Nathalie4 February 2011 at 00:16

    "La mode est côté cité"
    c'est le slogan trouvé par les commerçants du centre ville pour encourager les clients à faire leurs courses intra muros plutot que dans les grands centres commerciaux de la périphérie.

    Il fait écho à une campagne d'affichage "les vrais soldes sont côté cité" que l'on a égalemen vue un peu partout en ville.

    Pas impressionnée par les affiches mais j'aime assez cette projection surprenante sur le rempart.

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  19. crederae4 February 2011 at 01:39

    c'est magnifique Goddess of Light, j'aime beaucoup la couleur du ciel billant et le violet clair -juste une trace sur le mur ancien -beau mix avec la couleur des stilleto-oui cette art commerciel est magnifique surtout avec un mix de votre art.

    dautre hommes qui grimpent cette fois comme artiste.

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  20. Bob Crowe4 February 2011 at 04:16

    So this is done with a light from across the street? This looks like an old defensive wall, what with the out-slope near the top and spaces for archers. Perhaps only an elegant woman in shoes not made for climbing can conquer the town.

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  21. claude4 February 2011 at 09:07

    Une belle initiative que de vouloir attirer les gens à acheter en ville et non à l'extérieur dans d'immenses centres commerciaux.

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  22. ratatouille's archives4 February 2011 at 10:07

    Bonjour! Nathalie...
    Nathalie said,"It appears to be an image projected on the wall, but why ? What does it mean? What is it about? Can you guess? All suggestions welcome. Be creative!"
    Nathalie, I enlarged the photograph, but I was still unable to read the words underneath the stilleto...Hmmm...I will take a guess and say that it's an announcement for a cafe called...
    Louie the XVI and Marie.

    DeeDee ;-D

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  23. jeandler4 February 2011 at 10:42

    Ne serait-ce que les femmes qui font les courses ?

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  24. Gunn4 February 2011 at 10:58

    Well seen and well done!:)

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  25. nathalie4 February 2011 at 11:06

    Yes Bob it is an old defensive wall, it's a portion of the ramparts that circumscribe the old town.
    And yes again it's from a light coming from across the street, which made me think that it couldn't possibly be an individual's initiative.

    Then I managed to read the caption beneath the shoe "la mode est côté cité" which means "fashion is in the city".

    It matches a regular street ad campaign where the caption was "les vrais soldes sont côté cité" - real sales are in the city.

    All of this being an advertising campaign orchestrated by the city centre shop owners' association aimed at getting people to shop in the old city centre rather than in the large out of town shopping centres.

    To me this green stiletto is a totally new form of advertising - I'd never seen projections on a wall before.

    Have you seen something similar in your country?

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  26. Virginia5 February 2011 at 01:49

    C'est France.....it's all about stilettos I'm thinking! :)
    V

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  27. sim only plans5 February 2011 at 17:39

    Yes Bob it is an old defensive wall, it's a portion of the ramparts that circumscribe the old town.

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