Paris, March 2023. We know the reasons for the distancing, blaming or denunciation of work, but we probably understand a little less well the love that can connect us to it. Not only the “real job” that emerges in a […]
Le Havre, October 2020. The hotel had been warmly recommended to us. Not for the peace and quiet (earplugs are part of the welcome kit), but for the experience of the city centre rebuilt by Auguste Perret, a UNESCO World […]
The QR code had many lives, already. First a bubble of an Internet that could not hang on to our walls or our cereal packages, it fell into disuse, then resurfaced as a crucial link in a decentralized mobility infrastructure. […]
Lille, October 2018 Because it affects citizen identity, requires a lot of organization and traditions are numerous, marriage is a highly scriptural act. There is pell-mell the deposit of a file in town hall, announcements, a wedding gift list, […]
In the train between Italy and France, November 2018. The train stopped just before the border to let Police and Customs agents get on. They were squeezed into thick black uniforms. When the train restarted, they passed in the carriages, […]
La Rochelle, december 2017. A pencil, a sheet of paper, and everything is possible. Intuitions can be quickly thrown out, in black and white, during a conversation. Mundane activities acquire a slightly different consistency. Transcribed into lists, the things to […]
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, […]
Clamart, june 2015. Nothing seems to be easier than to go swimming. You just have to jump into the water. Whether you are a good swimmer or not, whether you are dressed or not, it is that simple! Yet, the […]
Western Massachussets, octobre 2013. At the corner of a small wooded street in a sleepy college town is a wooden shelter. It does not welcome birds or beneficial bugs so useful to biodiversity, but only used books. This is a […]
La Rochelle, july 2014. Barely entered in our lives, they keep on changing, making us laugh, amazing us. They regularly put us to the test , momentarily annoy us , but mostly they surprise us and, of course, grow as […]