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Did you see that?

We were having a pretty passionate discussion, though I can’t remember the matter. We were walking at a good pace: we were supposed to meet with another guy in a restaurant a few blocks away and we were a bit […]

Posted: November 28th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations, Marquages

Seen

One day, as I went back home after grocery shopping, I walked by a store that was apparently being remodeled. What was being hidden by the semi-painted glass that obscured my view as much as it drew my attention and […]

Posted: February 11th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Marquages, Surprise

The Park, episod 3. The Tree and the soldier

The floor is covered with pieces of bark, giving this part of the park a unique appearance. Here there is no grass: just a carpet made of plant fragments and some large pines. Nearby, there is an outdoor concert which […]

Posted: January 6th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Marquages, Passages

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

Ground Zero

We will never see his medical file — we assume it is as thick as a court record — with its multicolored sheets, the accounts of the dozen of blood tests that made a mess of his arms every day, the printed […]

Posted: November 22nd, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Marquages, Matières

Short circui

A name, one thing. One category, one entity. One barcode, one product. Mineral, plant or animal, each element is subject to classification principles and naming systems. One can easily circulate from words to things and vice versa thanks to a […]

Posted: November 1st, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Marquages, Matières

The Park, episod 1. A wonderful mother

We saw it when entering Central Park, just outside of the Metropolitan Museum. Of course, in the lobby of the museum we had noticed the sign, prominently placed. It was the long list of donors: hundreds of names, the ones […]

Posted: October 14th, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Marquages, Preuves

The performance of absence

Road-marking, traffic lines, and criss-cross delineate specific zones devoted to the circulation and the use of space. They organize public settings so obviously that we almost do not pay any attention to them. It is only in particular apprenticeship situations […]

Posted: October 10th, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Marquages, Matières

Back to School (episode 2)

I did not stay too long behind the principal. As I had read the teacher’s name, I knew the most important thing. But back home, I understood in a few minutes that I only had done half of the job. […]

Posted: September 23rd, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Activités, Marquages

Rémanence

Lisbonne, mai 2010. Sur cette petite place de l’Alfama, je suis retourné sans prendre garde ; j’arpentais la ville désertée en raison de la venue du Saint-père ; la façade des immeubles des principales artères du centre-ville avait été couverte […]

Posted: May 21st, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Activités, Marquages

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