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Magic board

Leiden, February 2015. With the rise of the internet, writing practices were dramatically transformed. Not only, text processing softwares allow one to interact very differently with words, by using a keyboard, but also with sentences and paragraphs that can be […]

Posted: March 2nd, 2015 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments, Matières

Precaution

Ivry-sur-Seine, December 2014. In the city, on sidewalks, neon yellow cubes had appeared at the end of the fall, without explanation or instructions. Faced with this new one, the mystery of their presence is resolved: they are built in the […]

Posted: January 5th, 2015 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Activités, Instruments

Names/Numbers

Paris, may 2014. A group of international experts meet in a workshop about research assessment. Their discussions are at a very advanced stage, in particular regarding the traditional bibliometrics indicators based on citation in peer-reviewed journals compared to the challenging […]

Posted: October 13th, 2014 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Capteurs et traçeurs, Instruments, Preuves

Augmented virtuality

I don’t know if you’ve heard about Skylanders, but you must admit it’s quite a good idea. It’s pretty simple. The characters of your video game are linked to figurines, which are « recognized » when you put them upon […]

Posted: September 29th, 2014 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments, Surprise

Strike, well almost

With protests and strikes comes writing. Banners, signs, flyers. If you have something to say when you are on the streets or in front of a factory, you better write it down somewhere. Make sure the words remain, stand besides […]

Posted: April 21st, 2014 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Instruments

Units

New York, March 2014. It seems the world we’re living in is largely driven by the fusion between measure, calculation and anticipation. The role indexes and scores do play in sectors such as insurance, banks, stock exchanges, but also sciences […]

Posted: March 17th, 2014 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Capteurs et traçeurs, Énonciations, Instruments

Old Bottles

Paris, july 2013. I regularly pay a visit to this dude. Back in the days, we used to belong together and he always has a story to tell. This time he told me that he planned to go to southern […]

Posted: February 24th, 2014 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments, Matières

The wart

Tickets buying and selling have known quite a revolution with the development of online reservations. Nowadays, not only can you order one ticket for a movie or a show directly from your bedroom, but you can (and sometimes have to) […]

Posted: February 3rd, 2014 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Activités, Instruments, Preuves

Morning lights

Museums are not very different from laboratories. A lot of things have to be controlled within their environment to make these venues fully functional. Of course, each exhibition has its specificities, regarding the kind of artworks they are dealing with, […]

Posted: January 13th, 2014 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Activités, Capteurs et traçeurs, Instruments

Wine list

Montpellier, november 2013. Wine lists usually appear in the form of a text included in a cardboard or a plastic support. It includes the name of the wines, their vintage varieties or their classification and of course, their price. For […]

Posted: December 16th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Capteurs et traçeurs, Écologies, Instruments

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