Figure 1
Le Siège du Parti Communiste Français (French Communist Party headquarters, or PCF headquarters), détourned and dreaming (Photograph by Michel Moch, détournement © Warren and Mosley, 2023: Courtesy of Societe Immobiliere du Carrefour Chateaudun, hereafter SICC).
Figure 2
Partial view of Le Siège (PCF headquarters) from a bar in Place Colonel Fabien, Paris (Photograph by Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley: Courtesy of SICC).
Figure 3
French Communist Party stamps given in exchange for subscriptions and donations, this edition raising funds from the membership for the second construction phase of the new headquarters (Photograph by Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley: Courtesy of SICC).
Figure 4
Partial view of Salle de délégation (Delegation Room) on the second underground level of the PCF headquarters (Photograph by Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley: Courtesy of SICC).
Figure 5
A still image from ‘Uprising’ (2016), documenting an action within the PCF headquarters that explores the politics of motion, as an example of using the ‘Days of Action’ method (© Warren and Mosley: Courtesy of SICC).
Figure 6
A moving image sequence from ‘Revolution’ (2016), documenting spinning down a corridor at the PCF headquarters to a soundtrack of Louis Aragon’s ‘Art of the Party’ speech from the 1954 PCF congress, as another example of the ‘Days of Action’ method. https://vimeo.com/312577319 (© Warren and Mosley: Courtesy of SICC).
Figure 7
‘Devouring da Vinci’ (2023), a détournement of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ masterpiece to embody a slight tropicalisation of European culture, thereby exploring the Brazilian Antropofago approach of cultural cannibalism – this collage is part of the PCF headquarters family tree (Painting image is freely available from Wikipedia Creative Commons, détournement © Warren and Mosley, 2023).
Figure 8
‘Looking for Lenin’ (2023), a détournement of a design drawing for the PCF Headquarters, exploring the unconscious ‘Cult of Personality’ within the architectural scheme – this collage is part of the PCF headquarters family tree (Image by original architects, détournement © Warren and Mosley, 2023: Courtesy of SICC).
Figure 9
‘Deputised Object’ (2023). The physical object in the PCF headquarters has a projected double to which is it linked (Photograph © Warren and Mosley, 2023).
Figure 10
‘Deputised Object’ (2023). The projection in the PCF headquarters haunts the physical object to which is it linked (Photograph/ © Warren and Mosley, 2023).
Figure 11
Documentation of the periphery of a film shoot in the Delegation Room within Espace Niemeyer (Photograph by Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley: Courtesy of SICC).
Figure 12
The beautiful lamellae ceiling within the Salle du Comité General (General Committee room) of the PCF headquarters. The ceiling was added during construction to mitigate the excessive acoustic focusing of the dome, dispersing the sound to the many, and has become renowned for its visual aesthetic (Photograph by Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley: Courtesy of SICC).
Figure 13
Vehicle ramps down to the underground floors of the PCF headquarters (Photograph by Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley: Courtesy of SICC).
Figure 14
View of the PCF headquarters from Place Colonel Fabien showing the fence that separates the esplanade from the street (Photograph by Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley: Courtesy of SICC).