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Ememem

French street artist

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Ememem was a French mosaicist.

Ememem is an anonymous French street artist based in Lyon. TheyEfn|Ememem's identity is unknown, and the artist has refused to share information such as age and gender. Ememem creates mosaics incorporating geometric motifs in cracked sidewalks and façades. They describe this art as "a poem that everybody can read" and "a memory notebook of the city". They created their first mosaic in 2011 in an alley in their hometown of Lyon, although they had already been working with ceramic; since 2016, they have created street mosaics across France, ) and Madrid

Their mosaics can easily be found in Lyon, and some visitors to the city seek them out. In 2021, Ememem was commissioned by the to decorate the location of a new Grand Paris Express stop.

Ememem describes their art as flacking, a self-coined neologism derived from the French , meaning "puddle" or "pool". Flacking, Ememem said, is "a free and low-tech repair process", and a way of transforming damaged urban spaces into "poetic spaces".

Personal life Ememem is French They work at night to remain anonymous, and their identity is unknown; their work is generally found at dawn. They have refused requests for in-person or radio interviews, and declined to state their age or gender. They share images of their work on Instagram with the account "@ememem.flacking", which had more than 169,000 followers .

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Mosaicist
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Also known as
the pavement surgeon, the surgeon of the sidewalks

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ememem?

French street artist

What was Ememem's occupation?

Ememem was a mosaicist.

What nationality was Ememem?

Ememem was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ememem

· Wikidata: Q56312962

· DBpedia: Ememem

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