The Olympic games have finally come to a close — here are our takeaways
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1. Sabotage by arson
The action by a still unknown group of saboteurs was truly the gift that keeps on giving. On opening night, as the world looked to Paris for the opening ceremony of the Olympics it wasn’t the olympic torch that was catching our eye but the coordinated fire-bombing of signal boxes affecting three of France’s major national lines.
This sabotage, that affected over 800,000 passengers, was followed by immediate calls by French politicians and executives for the capture of the “bunch of crazy, irresponsible people”.
Initially, it seemed a saboteur had been caught, at least according to the French Minister of the Interior and right wing newspaper the Figaro. Unfortunately for them this “ultra-left militant” turned out to be a graffiti artist, with the unfortunate coincidence of having a book for his sociology course in his car when he was caught.
Having seemingly exhausted all options, the French Police have now asked the FBI for help investigating the “unexpected delegation” that emailed major newspapers regarding the sabotage, though they did not claim responsibility explicitly.
2. Insurrectionary art
In an olympics saturated by the sponsorship of advertisers, it was a breath of fresh air to see their grand adverts retaken by protest art throughout Paris. From Nike’s partnership with the Centre Pompidou to highlighting the sports washing of big polluters, no advertisement was safe from rebranding by Paris’s street artists.
