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This content was posted on  10 Nov 12  by   The Long Now Foundation  on  Podcast
Lazar Kunstmann, Jon Lackman – Preservation without Permission: the Paris Urban eXperiment

There is at least as much underneath Paris as there is above it. The secretive members of the Paris Urban eXperiment, known internally as “The UX”, have spent the last 30 years surreptitiously probing into this world – and improving it. A few years ago these underground hackers and artists became infamous when one morning the clock at the Panthéon, that had not worked in years, began chiming. It was just one of at least 15 such restorations done without permission.

In a first-time-ever public presentation, the UX spokesman, who goes under the name Lazar Kunstmann, along with author Jon Lackman from “Wired”, will present some of the theory and work of the Urban eXperiment. Lackman chronicled much of their work in the February print edition of “Wired”—which is co-sponsoring this event.

“Preservation without Permission: the Paris Urban eXperiment” was given on November 13, 02012 as part of Long Now’s Seminar series. The series was started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world’s leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand. To follow the talks, you can:

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