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Vote with one’s feet

Val Thorens, March 2019. Vacationers were surprised to see politics coming in the ski station. She must have had a long time to select a place without any traces of gliding. This recess between two tracks, under the chairlift, seemed […]

Posted: April 8th, 2019 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Marquages, Matières, Mots d'ordre

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

Foam

Palma, May 2018 The order seemed simple: a cappuccino and a hot chocolate. But this apparently ordinary Majorcan bar was home to one of these new latte artists, obsessed with the surface of our favourite beverages. Also, instead of a […]

Posted: June 11th, 2018 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Formes, Matières

Clothes

Marseilles, June 2017. Sociologists have taught us that clothes are signs: they indicate, because of their choices, a professional role, groups of belongings or social positioning. But others have to interpret these signs, they must know what the gray suit […]

Posted: February 19th, 2018 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Circulations, Écologies, Marquages, Matières, Mots d'ordre

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

Fusion

Paris, 19 March 2017. The demonstration had just passed, with its cohort of panels, slogans and flags. Behind it, its traces in the public space are quickly erased by the cleaning services, but the most diverse surfaces to accommodate the […]

Posted: March 20th, 2017 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Matières, Surprise

White

Paris, janvier 2017 The ministry had left the wealthy building of a square full of jewelers for these Parisian margins close to the periphérique. Thus, instead of rooms that seemed to be part of bourgeois apartments, there was a room […]

Posted: January 16th, 2017 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations, Matières

Investigation

Paris, may 2013. What is it about? The full restoration of a store and its main window, facing the sidewalk. What the paper is meant to do? Clearly, it’s about “paint”. But we can’t see it. The whole window is […]

Posted: January 9th, 2017 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Matières

Vegetal

Paris, November 2016 Urban spaces are paradoxically those of Nature. This Nature is certainly tamed, framed, but nevertheless present, protected and patrimonialised. Thus, until recently, only city authorities were able to plant trees and flower beds and, according to the […]

Posted: December 12th, 2016 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Matières

The view

The place was quiet that morning. Even quieter than the rest of the city. You would just hear the birds and the hard wind in the trees. Here and there, benches seemed to wait for visitors, facing the lake, like […]

Posted: November 7th, 2016 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Matières

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