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Cypher

Aix-en-Provence, January 2020 Some writings are not meant to be read, or rather they are written so that they cannot be read. The Ministry of Colonies in Paris wanted to communicate secretly with the Governor of Pondicherry, who was geographically […]

Posted: February 10th, 2020 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Activités, Instruments, Modes d'emploi

Defending

Paris, december 2019. If many writings circulate from one place to another, they are also displayed to be seen or read in situations. This is all the more obvious for shop signs, labels, and signboards, which much of their action […]

Posted: January 27th, 2020 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments, Mots d'ordre

Measuring virility

= Kutaisi, September 2019. At first, we did not pay so much attention to the discoloured coin operated amusement machines everywhere in downtown sidewalks. We thought it had been a long time since Space Invaders had escaped from arcade and […]

Posted: September 23rd, 2019 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Capteurs et traçeurs, Instruments

Parking

Paris, May 2019. The thin vehicle quickly became commonplace in our streets: the urban electric scooter at your disposal is the purest liberated mobility. Starting from where you want, going where you wish, by the route of your choice, with […]

Posted: August 26th, 2019 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Modes d'emploi

Offload

Things are now clear: it is not the replacement of humans by robots that is on the horizon of our professional lives, but a shift in work, a reconfiguration of everyone’s places and tasks. We have been coping with automated […]

Posted: May 27th, 2019 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Preuves

Reborn

Oh boy, did they make us laugh, the promoters of those squares bearing cryptic geometric patterns. The revolution they promised seemed so futile, and its advent so unlikely. Come on: sticking these little codes everywhere, from products packaging to walls […]

Posted: March 18th, 2019 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Capteurs et traçeurs, Instruments

Thickness

Marseilles, January 2019 In cities, it is often forbidden to write on walls, surfaces so welcoming for chalk, bombs, felts or brushes, but regulationally or functionally intended for other uses. And when some violate the rules, it is then necessary […]

Posted: January 28th, 2019 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Matières, Mots d'ordre

Monitor

Marseilles, Septembre 2018 The curve kept reappearing on the screen, looking as variable as the numbers accompanying it. Only the timeframe elapsing second after second brought its share of regularity. As soon as they were born, the little humans were […]

Posted: December 17th, 2018 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Capteurs et traçeurs, Écologies, Instruments, Uncategorized

The ecology of writing

La Rochelle, december 2017. A pencil, a sheet of paper, and everything is possible. Intuitions can be quickly thrown out, in black and white, during a conversation. Mundane activities acquire a slightly different consistency. Transcribed into lists, the things to […]

Posted: November 26th, 2018 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Passages, Surprise

Meters

They were fifteen – perhaps twenty – on the platform that day, with their blue vests, paper bundles and pencils. I saw a few of them when I arrived, sitting out of the wind, leaning over what seemed to be […]

Posted: October 29th, 2018 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Capteurs et traçeurs, Instruments

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