Xavier de richemont biography of abraham
Xavier de Richemont, the creator of the project, was born in Algeria, France.
Marching to the West like Abraham did..
For San Antonio, June 13 is a special day, the date in 1691 that the Yanaguana River received its new, colonial name, due to a Franciscan priest stopping to say mass at a particularly felicitous spot on the banks.
June 13 also happens to be the birthday of Xavier de Richemont, the Parisian artist and self-described “video painter” behind San Antonio: The Saga, an audiovisual spectacular capsule history of the city that is projected four nights per week onto the facade of San Fernando Cathedral.
This week, de Richemont is visiting San Antonio for a special birthday celebration on Main Plaza, Friday evening, June 15, from 6-9 p.m., hosted by the Main Plaza Conservancy, sponsor of the video installation.
Members of the public are welcome to join the birthday party, including any of the hundreds of locals, conventioneers, tourists, and city denizens who have regularly crowded the plaza to witness de Richemont’s work.
In 2014, four years ahead of the city’s Tricentennial celeb
