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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

The Death of the Music Industry, episode 2

What is music? Where does it lies? What kind of commodity can it be? How can we « buy » music, « steal » it? When you’re dealing with inscriptions and their materials, these are particularly intricate, though fascinating, questions. […]

Posted: January 16th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments

First arrived, first served

Back in the days, to buy fishes or sea fruits, one could estimate its waiting time in a glimpse. Looking at the number of people in front of the stall was sufficient. Once in the line, one had to be […]

Posted: January 12th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Circulations, Instruments

With a little help from my artificial friend

When it comes to wine, supermarkets organize fairs with hundreds of references at an unbeatable price every fall. One can prefer small specialized wineshops, which provide tailored advice to customers demand for a product which value depends nowadays more and […]

Posted: December 31st, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Instruments

The list

The guy wrote hundreds of songs. He has been playing a huge role in american underground music since the eighties. A true legend. But we were barely twenty fans that night to see him perform. It was quite embarrassing. Before […]

Posted: December 12th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments

Rare Books

Since he announced he was on the move to Yale, his colleagues have been telling him how lucky he was, he would see what he was going to see: a place to know for real at last, with its campus […]

Posted: January 31st, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments

Windshield, episode 1

Amongst the objects that display writing, we often insisted on the crucial role of doors. There are of course a lot more. Windshields, for exemple, are not only transparent surfaces that protect the car driver and the other passengers from […]

Posted: January 13th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Instruments

(H+NH)2 = H2+2HNH+NH2 (part 2)

This is again the time of comings and goings. One more time, the end of holidays goes hand in hand with its usual crowded railway stations and traffic jams. The management of vehicles flows raises particular issues for tolls on […]

Posted: January 1st, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Passages, Surprise

The note

When I leave home to go to the corner or across the world, I always leave a note. On a post-it or on a large sheet. Next to nothing, just in case something happens to me. Not to leave without […]

Posted: December 13th, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Marquages

Impulse

We have known each other for such a long time. We have gone through a large part of the 1980s, sharing several experiences when we were young. Then, we went on separate ways during the 1990s, before getting back in […]

Posted: December 6th, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Activités, Instruments

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