The Wire (Le fil) — Seth (Julien Malland)
Seth (Julien Malland) · 2017 · Fontaine, France
Photo: Street Art Utopia archive; artwork by Seth (Julien Malland).
The Wire (Le fil) was a two-part mural by the French artist Seth on facing gable walls along Avenue Aristide Briand in Fontaine, next to Grenoble. Painted for the third Grenoble Street Art Fest in June 2017, it showed a boy and a girl on either side of the tram line. In 2021 Seth painted a new work, Les yeux dans les yeux, on the same two gables. Source Source Source Source Reported
Painted over by Seth in 2021. Replacement reported on the same walls. Source Reported
💡 4 things to know
- Two walls, one workGalerie Itinerrance says The Wire is a diptych on two buildings on either side of the street, each wall a playground for one child. Source Reported
- A falcon and a roseThe boy wears the blue falcon of Fontaine on his cap and the girl the rose of Grenoble on her T-shirt, Itinerrance writes. Source Reported
- Across the tram lineThe two murals were painted on either side of the tram line linking Fontaine and Grenoble, notes the Alpviv blog. Source Reported
- Replaced by its own artistIn 2021 Seth came back and painted Les yeux dans les yeux on the very same two gables. Source Reported
📍 Where it is
Avenue Aristide Briand, Fontaine · Fontaine, France Source Reported
Former location; the original mural was replaced in 2021. Map pin is approximate; use the named site or address to locate the work.
🗓️ Sightings
- 201723 Jun
Seth paints The Wire in Fontaine · Itinerrance
- 2021
Replacement on the same gables · Alpviv
Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark removal. Publication dates are not camera dates.
✅ The facts
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All sources & image credits
Photo: Street Art Utopia archive; artwork by Seth (Julien Malland).
Last checked: 26 October 2026 · How we verify art