What is the 333 project?

The 333 project is a project conceived and executed by Quentin Chamard-Bois, which consists of abandoning 333 artworks in the streets of Paris for 30 consecutive days.

11 artworks are abandoned daily for 30 days: each artwork is distinct, numbered, and signed. Additionally, they are all personalized with a unique phrase on the back, "une pensée de l'artiste" (a thought from the artist).

The artworks are attached to the wall using clips, making it very easy to take them down without damaging them.

 

Who is Quentin Chamard-Bois?

Quentin Chamard-Bois is an established professional in photography. With this project, he presents a new facet of his work.

He reinterprets his own paintings and elements found along his journey or during visits to museums.

All of this work is done using analog photography, often using multiple exposures and a search for letting go and detaching from the result.

He has always questioned art, the perception we have of artworks, ephemeral art, and urban art.

Touching strangers, having surprising encounters, and sharing emotions are what he seeks through this project.

 

What is his artistic approach?

Quentin Chamard-Bois's artistic approach lies in a search for letting go and detachment from the final result. For him, the process is at the center of his concerns. He uses analog photography to not have access to the result, and he plays with multiple exposures, sometimes having up to 30 exposures on the same negative, to reinterpret his own paintings or elements encountered along his journey, as well as other paintings.

Through this play, we no longer know if we are looking at a photograph or a painting.

During his colorimetric research on the scans of his film using the Capture One software, he finalizes his vision of his artwork. It frequently happens that he interprets a negative with different colorimetry because he enjoys exploring the relationship between color and emotions.

This same artwork then takes on multiple interpretations, becoming multifaceted, which gives it its strength and diversity.

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What does the 333 project question?

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The abandonment of the artwork by the artist

Above all, the artist questions his relationship with his own creation by abandoning it in the streets of Paris and letting it live its own life, finding a new place.

The message "BRING ME HOME" stamped on the back of the artworks invites the curious to adopt the object. It also questions one's ability to overcome possessiveness.

Accepting that the weather or lack of interest may destroy his artworks. Only the authenticity certificate

on the back is protected

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The place of an abstract artwork in today's society

The artist questions the place of an artwork in today's society, as these artworks are neither exhibited in a gallery nor in a museum. They are available to you on the street, ready to be picked up. How will they be perceived? What interest will they generate? Will they even be seen?

An exchange of emotions

In this process, Quentin Chamard-Bois exposes himself, liberating himself by giving away his artworks, just as he did during their creation.

An emotional exchange initiated through the phrases he composes on each artwork.

He also invites the person who has the chance to find one of his artworks to share their own emotions, to communicate their feelings at the moment of discovery through the QR code found on the certificate

. Why is "THE 333 PROJECT" unique and unprecedented?

The fact that these artworks are given away questions the commercial value of an artwork and the need to know the price to recognize it as an ARTWORK.

 

Create virality around the project.

 

Transform the event into a real treasure hunt and awaken in each of us our childhood memories and the discovery of treasures without prejudice.

 

For 30 days, 11 artworks are displayed in certain neighborhoods of Paris.

 

A map on the website and on Instagram is updated at 1:00 PM, giving the location of the 11 artworks deposited the previous day.

 

All that's left is to go on the hunt.