{"id":181722,"date":"2010-01-14T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5448198"},"modified":"2010-01-14T16:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T21:40:00","slug":"paris-gets-cest-chic-with-worlds-largest-disco-ball-imagecache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/181722","title":{"rendered":"Paris Gets C&#8217;est Chic With World&#8217;s Largest Disco Ball [Imagecache]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/largestdiscoball4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_largestdiscoball4.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a>Finally, the City of Light lives up to its name, thanks to artist Michel de Broin&#8217;s 7.5-meter <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #discoball\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/discoball\/\">disco ball<\/a> suspended 50-meters above the Jardin du Luxembourg. It&#8217;s even more impressive in action and up close.<\/p>\n<p>It took artist Michel de Broin 1,000 mirrors to construct the disco ball for his <em>Nuit Blanche<\/em> project, and spotlights positioned throughout the city to make it sparkle.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> gawkerGallery(5448189,4,''); <\/script><\/p>\n<p>The main purpose of the giant <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #mirrorball\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/mirrorball\/\">mirror ball<\/a>&mdash;other than having a raging citywide disco throwdown&mdash;was to simulate a starry sky normally obscured in urban areas by ambient artificial light. If stars these days look halfway as festive as this, I&#8217;m getting the heck out of NYC, pronto.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" id=\"mbox_player_d497d4b31c18e7cb5b\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/player.motionbox.com\/VideoPlayer.swf?\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"allowFullscreen\" value=\"true\"><param value=\"video_uid=d497d4b31c18e7cb5b&#038;security_token=prod3.f63b3d7d6273a2d0&#038;type=sd\" name=\"flashvars\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/player.motionbox.com\/VideoPlayer.swf?\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" name=\"mbox_player_d497d4b31c18e7cb5b\" flashvars=\"video_uid=d497d4b31c18e7cb5b&#038;security_token=prod3.f63b3d7d6273a2d0&#038;type=sd\"><\/embed><\/object>[<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~3\/HjZn2_bjRBM\/www.micheldebroin.org\">Michel de Broin<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifelounge.com\/Michel-de-Broin-and-the-biggest-disco-ball-the-world-has-ever-seen.aspx\">Lifelounge<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.notcot.org\/post\/27645\/\">NOTCOT<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=2080b28ee45d2b0cefd0488bf623061c&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=2080b28ee45d2b0cefd0488bf623061c&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/tWue_kSEIsQEkBqAbqaX2oSLMSw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/tWue_kSEIsQEkBqAbqaX2oSLMSw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/tWue_kSEIsQEkBqAbqaX2oSLMSw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/tWue_kSEIsQEkBqAbqaX2oSLMSw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=HjZn2_bjRBM:z8Up383yce8:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=HjZn2_bjRBM:z8Up383yce8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=HjZn2_bjRBM:z8Up383yce8:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=HjZn2_bjRBM:z8Up383yce8:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=HjZn2_bjRBM:z8Up383yce8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=HjZn2_bjRBM:z8Up383yce8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/HjZn2_bjRBM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, the City of Light lives up to its name, thanks to artist Michel de Broin&#8217;s 7.5-meter disco ball suspended 50-meters above the Jardin du Luxembourg. 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