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Federal State

Above Palm Desert, October 2013 It is a long road through a semi-desert. Gradually it rises and high mountains appears, composing gorgeous landscapes. And then there isa sign announcing a “vista point” as they say in Californian Spanglish, just a […]

Posted: October 28th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations, Mots d'ordre

Permitted

London, september 2013. One of the essential qualities of public spaces is their diversity. Cities are ecologies within which a great variety of species live together, more or less peacefully. There are numerous devices that are used by authorities to […]

Posted: October 7th, 2013 ˑ 3 Comments
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Ghost railstation

Saint-Saturnin-les-Avignon, June 2013 Finding the station has been easy, just follow the tracks going away from the village center. But once there, usual landmarks are blurred: the building that shall commonly be denominated “station” is walled on all sides. No […]

Posted: July 8th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Circulations, Énonciations, Modes d'emploi, Mots d'ordre

Neighborhood

For a long time, there has ben very few concert halls in Paris compared to other European capitals : failing sound equipment fails, lack of prefecture authorization, too few market intermediaries or even banned musicians, rock fans had to go […]

Posted: March 4th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Mots d'ordre, Passages

Too few

Elevators are often experienced as specific sites. In such confined spaces, feelings are as various as the fear of suddenly failing down, the anxiety of getting stuck for a long time, or being visited by a ghost girl, sexual arousal […]

Posted: January 21st, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Mots d'ordre

With courtesy

When participating to a discussion or being involved in any kind of interaction, one is supposed to know and endorse the basic code of conduct: to be respectful and polite in any circumstances. That is what everyone expects! More: what […]

Posted: December 17th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Matières, Mots d'ordre

Slow down

To go always faster, always farther. Similar injunctions are regularly heard, and one knows the principle of competition that grounds them: even when taking part of the leaders, one has to fight against oneself to excel. Here stands the quality […]

Posted: April 10th, 2012 ˑ 1 Comment
Filled under: Activités, Mots d'ordre

Accessing information

Libraries have been constituting crucial repositories of information since centuries. After being locations reserved to particular powerful elites (clergy or royal courts) that restricted the circulation of certain books or even censured the content of others, libraries have been progressively […]

Posted: December 8th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Mots d'ordre

The active way

Urban settings are made of so familiar components that we do not pay any attention to them: crosswalks, traffic lines, bike lanes, parking lots, bus lanes… only become salient when we miss them and we consider that their presence should […]

Posted: March 3rd, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Mots d'ordre

Lignage

This is not a surprise even he has been often criticized about it: the scriptopolian is obsessed with written objects. He always watch out for them, trying to understand their modes of presence. In order to tell tirelessly what writing […]

Posted: February 7th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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