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Federal State

Above Palm Desert, October 2013 It is a long road through a semi-desert. Gradually it rises and high mountains appears, composing gorgeous landscapes. And then there isa sign announcing a “vista point” as they say in Californian Spanglish, just a […]

Posted: October 28th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations, Mots d'ordre

Find closed doors

Paris, September 2013. Doors are one of the first prehension lessons: the growing child stands on tiptoe to reach the handle and open what prevents access to the rest of the world. Domesticated and thus humanized cats do the same. […]

Posted: September 30th, 2013 ˑ 2 Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations, Modes d'emploi, Surprise

Ghost railstation

Saint-Saturnin-les-Avignon, June 2013 Finding the station has been easy, just follow the tracks going away from the village center. But once there, usual landmarks are blurred: the building that shall commonly be denominated “station” is walled on all sides. No […]

Posted: July 8th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Circulations, Énonciations, Modes d'emploi, Mots d'ordre

Copy

Boulogne, june 2013. Mandatory signs are powerful devices. They fix an acute flaw of Law, though written and reproduced in few documents, still is supposed to be known by everyone. Even if the Web changed things in potentially giving access […]

Posted: July 1st, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Instruments, Matières

Draw me a search

I don’t remember what I used to draw when I was her age. I’m not sure I ever drew any device or any technology. A TV, a radio, a phone, perhaps? I doubt it. I was really surprised when I […]

Posted: April 29th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Instruments, Surprise

Crazy Cretans

One of the most visible aspects of globalization is not “made in China” on the back of many manufactured goods, but the geographical extension of what was once attached to a territory, and its infinite reproduction in always different places. […]

Posted: April 2nd, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Circulations, Énonciations, Surprise

Neighborhood

For a long time, there has ben very few concert halls in Paris compared to other European capitals : failing sound equipment fails, lack of prefecture authorization, too few market intermediaries or even banned musicians, rock fans had to go […]

Posted: March 4th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Mots d'ordre, Passages

From one memory to another

I remember the poster that used to be stuck up the wall of these lavatories. It was a painting, which I always found pretty ugly, autographed for your wife, my grand-mother. It had remained in place several years after she […]

Posted: January 28th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Instruments, Preuves

Too few

Elevators are often experienced as specific sites. In such confined spaces, feelings are as various as the fear of suddenly failing down, the anxiety of getting stuck for a long time, or being visited by a ghost girl, sexual arousal […]

Posted: January 21st, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Mots d'ordre

Zero risk

In the past, things were simple: to stay healthy while eating, it was enough to avoid too rich foods that give an upset stomach, undercooked meat that transmits parasites, raw milk cheeses can cause listeriosis, eggs always suspected of harboring […]

Posted: January 14th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Capteurs et traçeurs, Circulations, Énonciations, Marquages, Preuves

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