Jarvis Cocker, of Pulp fame, is taking up residence next week in an art gallery in Paris. There will be open rehearsals, bring your child day, and yoga and pilates classes! No seriously. If I were in Paris, I would be there every day. (ALSO? Orbitz says it's a cheap time to fly NYC to Paris!)
From Tuesday 5th of May until Sunday 10th of May I will be occupying Galerie Chappe, 4, Rue Andre Barsacq, 75018 Paris, France (+33 1 42 62 42 12 www.galeriechappe.fr) from 12 noon til 6/7pm each day....If you live locally please come down & join in this experiment. If you don't you can follow its progress on www.jarviscocker.net which will run for the duration of the installation (more details soon). Each day will be archived & re-broadcast for the convenience of those living in different time-zones....
TIMETABLE OF EVENTS
MONDAY 4th MAY – Set-up day. Closed to the public (though no-one can stop you looking through the windows).
TUESDAY 5th MAY
12 – 2pm – BAND REHEARSAL
2 -3pm – BRING AN INSTRUMENT (members of the public are invited to bring an instrument with them & play along with the band. Amplification will be available for electric instruments).
3 – 4pm – YOGA CLASS (with a qualified instructor. The band will provide suitable live accompaniment. Participants must provide their own yoga-mat.).
4 – 5pm – IMPROVISATIONS ON A THEME (throughout the course of the exhibition a box will be available in the gallery into which members of the public can post titles, phrases, suggestions, lyrics or anything else that the band can then base improvisations around. During this hour the band will create a number of pieces based on selections of this material).
5 – 6pm – GUEST PERFORMANCE ( an invited guest will play with the band)
WEDNESDAY 6th MAY
12 -2pm – BAND REHEARSAL
2 – 4pm – CHILDREN'S DAY ( French children traditionally have Wednesday off school. The band will supervise a number of music-based children's activities over the course of these 2 hours. Parental supervision is required for children under 11).
4 – 5pm – RELAXATION ( the band will provide musical accompaniment to a relaxation class. Participants should provide their own exercise mat).
5 – 6pm GUEST PERFORMANCE ( see Tuesday 5th May)
THURSDAY 7th MAY
12 – 2pm – BAND REHEARSAL
2 – 3pm – IMPROVISATIONS ON A THEME ( see Tuesday 5th May)
3 – 4pm – PILATES CLASS (with a qualified instructor. The band will provide suitable live accompaniment. Participants must provide their own exercise mat)
4 – 5pm – BRING AN INSTRUMENT (see Tuesday 5th May)
5 – 6pm – GUEST PERFORMANCE
FRIDAY 8th MAY
12 – 2pm – BAND REHEARSAL
2 – 3pm – IMPROVISATIONS ON A THEME
3 – 4pm – AEROBICS CLASS
4 – 5pm – BRING AN INSTRUMENT
5 – 6pm – GUEST PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY 9th MAY
12 – 2pm – BAND REHEARSAL
2- 3pm – BRING AN INSTRUMENT
3 – 4pm – DANCING ( the band will play an hour of music designed to encourage people to dance. Dress appropriately)
4 – 6pm – SET-UP FOR OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE (weather permitting)
6 – 7pm – OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE ( the band will play a short open-air concert just outside the gallery)
SUNDAY 10th MAY
12 – 2pm – BAND REHEARSAL
2 – 3pm – QUIET HOUR ( an hour of the softest music the band can play)
3 – 4pm – GUEST PERFORMANCE
4 – 6pm – REVIEW OF THE WEEK ( the band will play music written over the course of the past 6 days)
This is a very rough schedule & will be subject to change at the drop of a hat – but it does give some idea of the kind of things that will be happening. Updates will be available during the course of the exhibition through the gallery's website.
Plus? He and Camille JUST filed for divorce.
REBOUND TIME!
(NB: Choire, I will claw your eyes out if you go near him.)
Really? I had no idea. Does this mean he goes back to having 4somes with Steve Coogan?
Can you imagine Cocker in an orgy? He'd probably spend so much time meticulously removing and folding his clothing that he'd miss all the action.
Can we schedule some Jack Daniels and a rail of coke off a groupies ass time?
I still don't think this targets the right demographic, but that's okay since "Underwear" was actually written for David Cho.
The demo is OLD LIKE ME.
Oh no, 22-year-olds still listen to Pulp. I don't know why, but we all do.
Apparently Mr. Richard Lawson, who is flying to Paris tomorrow, the bitch, is even smarter than I thought!
Another sign of France's utter cultural prostration.
If Richard Hawley is in on this I might just sell all of my belongings and camp out.
Jarvis is on the rebound? This explains why my iPod wants to play "Babies" all of the time.
Why don't you just tell me they're giving out diamonds on the moon, Choire? STOP TEASING ME WITH MOON DIAMONDS.
His lecture at SXSW about songwriting was one of the only redeeming thing about that festival. If you are on the east coast and it's cheap, head to France.