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[Since 1967]

In his Organisations d'espaces (Organised spaces), Sanejouand employs specific means —such as crane components, scaffolding, mirrors, tree planting, video projection, dropping blocks of ice from a helicopter, triggering avalanches, and so on— to reveal or alter the meaning of a given space. That space might be a museum gallery, a construction site, or a mountain valley. In each instance (with the exception of the Organisations d'espaces from the 2000s), the project—whether realized or not—is presented via a plan. A prime example is the utopian "Seine Valley" development project (1969–1972), which proposed, among other things, the creation of "permanent information centers" that would make any information available at any time, while allowing anyone to share their views and express ideas on any subject—a remarkably accurate anticipation of today's Web.

Organisation of the space of the Lunds Konsthall courtyard - Sweden / september-october 1967 - Jean-Michel Sanejouand

« Lunds Konsthall » [Lund - Sweden] - 1967

Organisation of spaces n°1 and n°2 in the Yvon Lambert gallery in Paris in April 1968 - Jean-Michel Sanejouand

« Yvon Lambert gallery » [Paris - France] - 1968

Organisation of a space Piestany park czecho-slovakia - june-october 1969 - Jean-Michel Sanejouand

« Piestany park » [Czecho-Slovakia] - 1969

Plan for the organisation of the space of a snow covered valley in the mountains - september 1969

« Snow covered valley in the mountains » - 1969

Plan for the organisation of the space of the site located where the old Montparnasse station used to stand - october 8th 1970

« Montparnasse station » [Paris - France] - 1970

Plan for the organisation of the space at the summit of Vesuvius - 1972 - Jean-Michel Sanejouand

« The summit of Vesuvius » [Italy] - 1972