The following documents are intended to be viewed and read in conjunction with my piece ‘Art and Architecture Towards Political Crises: The 1937 Paris International Exposition in Context’. They consist of pictures and videos documenting the Paris exposition; images of prominent artworks connected to and on displayĀ during the exposition, including art by Pablo Picasso,Ā Fernand LĆ©ger, Raoul Dufy, Joan MirĆ³, and Alexander Calder; and exposition memorabilia, in the way of posters, ticket stubs, and maps. There are architectural images, details, and drawings related to the exposition; and pictures and plans depicting the course of those grandiose architectural projects devised through the 1930s by Boris Iofan and Albert Speer – the chief architects, respectively, of Stalin’s Soviet Union and Hitler’s Nazi Germany. More, I have included Paul Ćluard’s 1938 poem ‘La Victoire de Guernica’ (‘The Victory of Guernica’); and Alain Resnais’s 1950 film short, Guernica.
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‘La Victoire de Guernica’ Ā I Ā Beau monde des masures De la nuit et des champs Ā II Ā Visages bons au feu visages bons au fond Aux refus Ć la nuit aux injures aux coups Ā III Ā Visages bons Ć tout Voici le vide qui vous fixe Votre mort va servir d’exemple Ā IV Ā La mort coeur renversĆ© Ā V Ā Ils vous ont fait payer le painLe ciel la terre l’eau le sommeil
Et la misĆØre
De votre vie Ā VI Ā Ils disaient dĆ©sirer la bonne intelligence
Ils rationnaient les forts jugeaient les fous
Faisaient l’aumĆ“ne partageaient un sou en deux
Ils saluaient les cadavres
Ils s’accablaient de politesses Ā VII Ā Ils persĆ©vĆØrent ils exagĆØrent ils ne sont pas de notre monde Ā VIII Ā Les femmes les enfants ont le mĆŖme trĆ©sor
De feuilles vertes de printemps et de lait pur
Et de durƩe
Dans leurs yeux purs Ā IX Ā Les femmes les enfants ont le mĆŖme trĆ©sor
Dans les yeux
Les hommes le dĆ©fendent comme ils peuvent Ā X Ā Les femmes les enfants ont les mĆŖmes roses rouges
Dans les yeux
Chacun montre son sang Ā XI Ā La peur et le courage de vivre et de mourir
La mort si difficile et si facile Ā XII Ā Hommes pour qui ce trĆ©sor fut chantĆ©
Hommes pour qui ce trĆ©sor fut gĆ¢chĆ© Ā XIII Ā Hommes rĆ©els pour qui le dĆ©sespoir
Alimente le feu dĆ©vorant de l’espoir
Ouvrons ensemble le dernier bourgeon de l’avenir Ā XIV Ā Parias la mort la terre et la hideur
De nos ennemis ont la couleur
Monotone de notre nuit
Nous en aurons raison. Ā (Paul Ćluard, Cours Naturel, 1938)
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