The Foot Bank

2017 The Foot Bank (La Banque du pied)

DONATE YOUR FOOT TO THE INTERNATIONAL FOOT BANK LAUNCHED BY FRED FOREST AT THE CENTRE POMPIDOU FROM JANUARY 24 TO MARCH 23, 2024 WITH NO LIMITATION ON SIZES. ( You hereby grant us all rights of use BY YOUR PARTICIPATION).

AT THE OCCASION OF ITS NEXT CLOSING, THE CENTRE POMPIDOU WILL TAKE OWN THE NETWORK SPACE, INCREASING ITS SURFACE AREA IN M2 WITH FRED FOREST.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE FOOT BANK

As part of the exhibition "Fred Forest et les technologies de l'information : archives de projets vidéos et numériques", donate your foot by taking part in the Foot Bank!

The Foot Bank is a participatory action that invites visitors to symbolically take possession of the Internet by "putting their foot down" on it, like an explorer treading new ground for the first time. With the growing importance of technology in our daily lives, our mobility is greatly reduced, with less strain on the organs required for walking. By exhibiting feet, Fred Forest mischievously points out the risk of seeing them relegated to the museum. At the same time, he turns them into precious elements, going against their often trivial and even negative place in the collective imagination.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE FOOT BANK 

PARTICIPATE ! ! ! 

From home, from the Whitebox or from anywhere in the world :

1. Sit down and remove your shoe from your right foot. Place your bare foot on a sheet of A4 paper and draw the outline of its footprint.

2. Add your first name or your pseudonym, as well as your country and city of origin in capitals letters.

3. Using your preferred technique, create your work on the inside of the outline of your footprint  without going beyond the outline: pen, felt-tip pen, watercolor, wash, painting, photography, digital practices, collages, etc. All techniques are accepted.

4. Once your creation is completed, scan it or take a photo of it and send your photo by email to:   labanquedupied@centrepompidou.fr

You can also send it using the following form : https://reviews-api.flockler.app/v1/18bc52134a30041d86bb6e39e55eed32/forms/01hhhywb264grkjt8d44p0zpn8/preview

5. Your photo will finally appear on the screen of your smartphone or computer at the same time as on a large image wall forming part of the walls of the Centre Pompidou in the Fred Forest’s exhibition.While patiently waiting to see your participation appear, accompanied by all the others, you can connect at any time to La Banque du pied by clicking on this link: https://flockler.embed.codes/j59zej

DON’T MISS TO TRANSMIT AND SHARE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO YOUR FRIENDS, NEAR YOU AND AROUND THE WORLD… WHO WILL THEREFORE HAVE THE SATISFACTION OF SEEING THEMSELVES EXPOSED TO THE CENTRE POMPIDOU.

The artist has already carried out three similar projects:

1 - the first in Monaco in 1996 :

http://www.webnetmuseum.org/html/en/expo-retr-fredforest/actions/48_en.htm#text

2 - the second in Fresnes in 2001 under the name "Offer your foot to the network" :

http://www.webnetmuseum.org/html/fr/expo-retr-fredforest/actions/63bis_fr.htm#text

That's almost twenty years ago!

3 - the third at the Centre Pompidou in 2017.