{"id":4540,"date":"2022-09-14T22:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T03:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/?p=4540"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:37:30","slug":"remix-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/14\/remix-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Remix Place on the France-Luxembourg Border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the last two years, I have been collaborating with geographers, a playwright, a sound artist, and other scholars on <a href=\"https:\/\/remixplace.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/remixplace.com\">Remix Place<\/a>, a project designed to explore and represent the experience of residents on the France-Luxembourg border. Conceived  for the 2022 European Capital of Culture in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, our group has been busy interviewing residents, making art, and running the <a href=\"https:\/\/remixplace.com\/agora-cafe\/\">Agora Cafe<\/a>, a temporary art installation and gathering place that pops up in public markets, social housing developments, and even traffic circles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52205357648_7d608c7f83_k-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The view from a mobile coffee cart biking through a French town square, with another person riding another cart ahead.\" class=\"wp-image-4541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52205357648_7d608c7f83_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52205357648_7d608c7f83_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52205357648_7d608c7f83_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52205357648_7d608c7f83_k-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52205357648_7d608c7f83_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52192873273_a699558ed2_k-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Remix Place Agora Cafe installation as installed in the Audun-le-Tiche Ecopark. People gather around pop-up coffee carts.\" class=\"wp-image-4542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52192873273_a699558ed2_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52192873273_a699558ed2_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52192873273_a699558ed2_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52192873273_a699558ed2_k-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52192873273_a699558ed2_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">The Agora Cafe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that <a href=\"https:\/\/remixplace.com\/theater-performance\/\">the play<\/a> has had its premiere and the Agora Cafe has completed its initial run, we are working on extending the project through publications and other events. In the meantime, you can see a small selection of my project photographs below. To see additional photographs, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/remix_place\">Remix Place gallery<\/a> on my main site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The pink Micheville, France pool building\" class=\"wp-image-4550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Teenagers sitting in an illuminated train stop, with Luxembourg town buildings behind them at night.\" class=\"wp-image-4549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A group of row houses illuminated at dusk along the side of a hill in Longwy, France.\" class=\"wp-image-4548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Two men in work clothes demolishing a building in Luxembourg.\" class=\"wp-image-4547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/07-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A woman waters a garden with the city of Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, beyond her.\" class=\"wp-image-4546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful mural is revealed inside a garage in Dudelange, Luxembourg.\" class=\"wp-image-4545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11-1-300x200.jpg 300w, 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Conceived for the 2022 European Capital of Culture in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, our group has been busy interviewing residents, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[507,503,404,502,504,505,223,506],"class_list":["post-4540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photograph","category-text","tag-art-science","tag-dudelange","tag-france","tag-luxembourg","tag-micheville","tag-post-industrial","tag-redevelopment","tag-remix-place"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/03-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pFuNp-1be","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4540"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4563,"href":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4540\/revisions\/4563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}