Tattoo Village
happners' hot spots
On April 12th, La Bellevilloise hands the floor over to Tattoo Village for a full day built around tattoo culture and urban creativity. The format has been rethought since the last edition: more to do, more time to drift around. On the programme: tattoo artists with flash designs to pick on the spot, vintage and record stalls, a DIY workshop with Misgo, a Hot Sauce Contest by Pimo Powa, Jamaican food by Jamrock, and a Drag Bingo Show to close out the day. DJ sets run throughout with a freshly curated selection. Visual art direction by Marine Tartine. What connects the people here is a shared way of inhabiting their body and their culture: people who collect records, vintage pieces and tattoos tend to have the same references without ever having crossed paths. On this Sunday, they're all in the same place from 1pm to 10pm.
Street food
Thrift stores
Experience
19-21 Rue Boyer, 75020
We'd both had the same flash design in mind for months. She got it first. I waited my turn.
I'd been eyeing the same design as the girl in front of me in the queue for twenty minutes. She jumped on it before me. I was gutted and impressed at the same time. We ended up waiting together for her artist to finish. She showed me her other tattoos. I wanted half of them.
Jade, 26