This is a data repository about Strasbourg-based artist Hugonot P. and his ongoing streetart masterpiece.
Hugonot's work is mainly made of inscriptions on advertising columns in the Krutenau area, in Strasbourg. Inscriptions can be short or long, in any color and usually don't make a lot of sense by themselves. They are eventually covered by new ads and posters, and disappear. It is not known when Hugonot started this performance/artwork, but it has probably been going on for more than a decade as of 2014. The ephemeral nature of his work makes it difficult to track and document.
If you are wandering in Strasbourg, in the Krutenau area, you might come across Hugonot's work. Take a look at those concrete columns known as "colonnes Morris", between concert banners and party posters. If you spot something, please take a picture and send it to me trackinghugonot@gmail.com (including date and GPS coordinates would be awesome !). If you know how to use git, you can also submit pull requests to this repository. Any help is welcome !
Hugonot's work is inspired by La Planète des Singes, a book written by french author Pierre Boulle in 1963. Apart from the book, the character Dr. Zaïus in particular is mentioned regularly as the Simian leader.
The most recurrent item in the inscriptions is probably "43 years/day". This mention hasn't changed over the years. Another item is "20 years".
Whenever a heart appears in the writings, it is to be read as the word "vivant" (living) such as in "être ♥", "être vivant". This clue has been given by Hugonot himself.
Some references to Jesus-Christ (mostly for dates) and to God are also to be found.
Apart from his signature ("HUGONOT P.") and the name of Zaïus, the artist also writes "REMETTER CHRISTINE" regularly.
Text is mainly uppercase but portions are lowercase. Most of the text is also underlined and sometimes paragraphs are surrounded by a heart.