Vélizy Hills 78140 In the mid 80s, France, high on coke and unemployment, started giving American names to its children. Today, hundreds of thousands of young people answer to the name of their parent’s favourite film and TV heroes and heroines, and quite a lot of them are to be found in Paris’s western suburbs. Hanging out outside Vélizy 2, the biggest shopping centre in the metropolitan department of Yvelines, we asked them what it felt like to be named after people they’d only seen on TV, a long time ago. We went and spoke to the young teenagers with American names. See what they said here.

Vélizy Hills 78140

In the mid 80s, France, high on coke and unemployment, started giving American names to its children. Today, hundreds of thousands of young people answer to the name of their parent’s favourite film and TV heroes and heroines, and quite a lot of them are to be found in Paris’s western suburbs. Hanging out outside Vélizy 2, the biggest shopping centre in the metropolitan department of Yvelines, we asked them what it felt like to be named after people they’d only seen on TV, a long time ago.

We went and spoke to the young teenagers with American names. See what they said here.

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CARBON COPIES The more I spoke with the twins, the more I wanted to know about their symbiotic existence. I discovered that they’ve lived together their whole lives, never married or had kids, collectively refer to themselves as “I” instead of “we”, finish each other’s sentences so quickly that it often sounds like only one person is speaking, and follow the same daily routines, including eating duplicate meals in identical portions. After we became better acquainted, I asked if I could document their daily lives indefinitely. At first, they couldn’t fathom why someone would want to do such a thing, but eventually they came around. Read the full article here

CARBON COPIES

The more I spoke with the twins, the more I wanted to know about their symbiotic existence. I discovered that they’ve lived together their whole lives, never married or had kids, collectively refer to themselves as “I” instead of “we”, finish each other’s sentences so quickly that it often sounds like only one person is speaking, and follow the same daily routines, including eating duplicate meals in identical portions. After we became better acquainted, I asked if I could document their daily lives indefinitely. At first, they couldn’t fathom why someone would want to do such a thing, but eventually they came around.

Read the full article here

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NOISEY SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS Noisey Special Engagements present WoodKid, live and live-streamed from the top of the Eiffel Tower. Find out more (and get involved) here

NOISEY SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

Noisey Special Engagements present WoodKid, live and live-streamed from the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Find out more (and get involved) here

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