Les modes sont un médicament destiné à compenser à l’échelle collective les effets néfastes de l’oubli. Plus une époque est éphémère plus elle est dans la dépendance de la mode.

Extrait de Paris, capitale du XIXe siècle de Walter Benjamin.

Photography by Jak & Jil.

The Ooga Booga Reading Room at Swiss Institute is now open. It will up be open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays 12-6pm, and open till 9pm on Wednesdays, for the next 2 1/2 months.

Ooga Booga says : “Everyone is welcome, tell your friends!”

Swiss Institute | 495 Broadway, 3rd Floor | NY, NY 10012 | (212) 925-2035

P R E S E N T S

a holiday gift shop created by Slow and Steady Wins the Race

taking place at Brachfeld Gallery, Paris

December 1—24, 2009
Opening reception Tuesday, December 1
7—10pm