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Find closed doors

Paris, September 2013. Doors are one of the first prehension lessons: the growing child stands on tiptoe to reach the handle and open what prevents access to the rest of the world. Domesticated and thus humanized cats do the same. […]

Posted: September 30th, 2013 ˑ 2 Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations, Modes d'emploi, Surprise

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

Crazy Cretans

One of the most visible aspects of globalization is not “made in China” on the back of many manufactured goods, but the geographical extension of what was once attached to a territory, and its infinite reproduction in always different places. […]

Posted: April 2nd, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Circulations, Énonciations, Surprise

An Hotel Downtown?

I had received the invitation for a long time, I had not paid any particular attention to the address of the hotel. In the past, I used to buy a map of the city. I used to come back quickly […]

Posted: March 10th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Surprise

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

(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 neon sign

You came to visit the new museum of contemporary art, the architect designed a building that looks like a stack of cubes in equilibrium. It’s beautiful. You enter, you take a ticket and begin the visit. Down to the first […]

Posted: December 1st, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Passages, Surprise

Good pick

Facing the ever-increasing expansion of information, he has tried everything. At first, he used to print out articles that had to be read in priority and he carefully staked them on his desk. Then, he stored every item in different […]

Posted: October 21st, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Activités, Modes d'emploi, Surprise

La liasse

Marseille, mai 2010.    Quand le magasinier des archives me transmet la boîte, mes mains tremblent ; j’ai débarqué du train et ayant une heure à perdre avant mon rendez-vous, je me suis dis que je pouvais bien m’offrir une courte séance […]

Posted: May 28th, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Formes, Surprise

Impasse

Paris, février 2010. À l’heure où le monde de la recherche académique est en pleines mutations, les positions s’affrontent. Certains pensent que le système doit être réformé de fond en comble pour développer des synergies entre les universités et les […]

Posted: May 24th, 2010 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Passages, Surprise

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