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Colors

Roanne, august 2013. There’s no accounting for taste. For some, it’s teal blue. Others prefer orange, green or red. That’s just the way it is. Colors seem to belong with peculiar emotions, intimately connected with personal tastes. Yet, colors are […]

Posted: October 14th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Matières

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

Suggestions

Visiting an unknown city in a limited time often leads to prepare or even simulate the journey ahead, relying on multiple devices: tourist guides with photos and addresses remarkable site bringing together fellow travelers opinions or a software to view […]

Posted: April 22nd, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments, Marquages, Matières, Modes d'emploi

Certified

In Elevators, you’re bored, you’re scared, you look buttons leading to different floors whether you arein a station or this hotel. Could we find a better place to catch the eye of captive and stressed passengers for a few moments […]

Posted: February 18th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments, Preuves

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

Don’t worry

She’s got her own keys now. Once in a week, she gets back from school after lunch, alone. You tried to imagine her, organizing the few hours she got before she takes her bike to attend her tennis lesson. Doing her […]

Posted: October 22nd, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Instruments

Names and their pleats

Recently, there has been lots of discussions about names and their presence on the Web. Anonyms, pseudonyms, patronyms. A real Nymwar has been declared. Could companies such as Facebook or Google impose the use of a real name? Is there, […]

Posted: October 1st, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Preuves

With and without papers

“Please, do not disturb, thank you in advance”. This was her first drawing. A few hours after entering her new bedroom for the first time. I had figured out that this kind of poster would arrive after screams and tears, […]

Posted: June 18th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Circulations, Instruments

Broadening the field of reflexivity

One of the key features of our times seems to be a certain kind of reflexivity. Not our capacity to mentally examine our own actions ex-post (we have been able to do that for a long time), but the ability […]

Posted: May 30th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Modes d'emploi

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