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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

Unfinished

Paris, May 2018. For most of them, it is the last trace, the one that remains as long as the ink, the pigment or the gold resist to the attacks of rain, ultra-violet and pollution. And in this cemetery, not […]

Posted: May 14th, 2018 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Formes, Instruments, Marquages

Choreology

Paris, May 2018. There are erudite notation systems to record human movement, like Meunier’s steno-choreography for classical ballet, and above all labanotation for modern dance and Benesh notation. The purpose of these so-called universal descriptions is, on the one hand, […]

Posted: May 7th, 2018 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Marquages, Modes d'emploi

Freedom of speech

Issy-Les-Moulineaux, march 2018. A metal plate framed and supported by feet riveted to the ground, the whole overhung by an inscription. That’s it. The smooth, vertical surface is offered for sight. An urban furniture being part of the environment, it […]

Posted: April 9th, 2018 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Instruments

Catalog

Ferrare, October 2017 Some ceilings of the municipal library were magnificent, remains of a medieval and post-medieval splendor. But the interior of the Palazzo Paradiso attracted less curious tourists than academics, with its collections of rare manuscripts, still accessible on […]

Posted: January 22nd, 2018 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments, Matières, Modes d'emploi

Stability

Berlin, September 2017 Extreme fluidity is one of the things that make finance such a complex world. Well, change is a quintessential quality of the mere idea of investment, the very property that allows value to be created. The price […]

Posted: December 18th, 2017 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Marquages

Ratings

Singapore, february 2017. The first episode of the recently aired third season of Black Mirror, in which everything and everyone is subject to instant evaluation, is by far the more realistic of the whole show. Likes, stars, hearts, grades: today, […]

Posted: February 27th, 2017 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Passages

A clean train

Köln, october 2016. It’s Friday afternoon, the train just arrived at the platform, and passengers get off the train. Some are familiar with the station and go directly to the exit, while others meet again some family members or friends. […]

Posted: January 30th, 2017 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Preuves

Change

It’s been years, now, that we are supposed to live in a paperless world. Since the seventies, and the emergence of affordable and easy-to-use computers, the disappearance of notebooks, single sheets or post-it has been announced again and again. Yet, […]

Posted: January 2nd, 2017 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments

Gloss

Paris, november 2016. At the time of internet and collaborative platforms, the sharing of information is multiplied. A large number of persons, distributed all over the world, may circulate an idea, deliver an opinion, or pass a judgment in a […]

Posted: December 5th, 2016 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Capteurs et traçeurs, Instruments

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