Paris, May 2021. “It’s open seating, so we can sit together“. The two couples were looking forward to this return to theater. Beckett, once again. Could it be more appropriate in these times of disturbing human proximity? On their way, […]

Aix-en-Provence, April 2021 In the archives, the object is small and thin, much more so than the Codes we are used to, red or blue cobblestones filled with commentaries and case law. The cover shows that the editors of this […]

Paris, May 2021. 
 Émile Durkheim, the founder of scientific sociology in France, defines the state as a speculative power characteristic of modern societies. In this conception, the state should not be considered as a place (an assembly, an administration), […]

Internet, April 2021 The CovidTracker website had started as a visualisation exercise using open public data. One year on, it has become a meeting point for a wide range of audiences: journalists, doctors, politicians, patients, and ordinary citizens. At the […]

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 […]

Paris, September 2020. Initially taking advantage of the intensity of globalized flows, the virus rapidly paralyzed most of the trade. The mechanics of planetary logistics were profoundly disrupted, and some business sectors, deprived of their spare parts, took the measure […]

Le Havre, October 2020.
 During the spring of 2020, as others have kept diaries or fuelled discussion on social media, she decided to write on the walls. With only virtual or derogatory access to public space, she has turned “her […]

Carry-le-Rouet, January 2021 The viewpoint is in an unlikely location: situated within a very large private housing estate, it is nevertheless accessible by the grace of the French coastal law and a well-marked long-distance footpath between the more or less […]

The pandemic has changed countless aspects of our world: the shape of our encounters, the way we move around, the fibers we put on our faces. The ordinary geography of our exchanges has itself been disrupted. The distance that separates […]

Aigues-Mortes, December 2020.

 She has been “sorting thing out”, “arrrranging” and “fixing up” her world for several years. The garden shed, the kitchen drawers, the sheets, everything is meticulously reviewed, assembled before being labeled. She says a little embarrassed that […]

Roanne, february 2020. Should numbers be written with numbers or letters? Mathematics aside — where numbers reign among a multitude of symbols — it doesn’t matter as long as they are readable. So what is the point of using this software, which […]

Among market’s graphic devices, mention of the geographical origin of fresh goods has significantly transformed the act of purchasing for some consumers. With this now mandatory information, they can add a geopolitical dimension to their shopping, by not only weighing […]

Marseille, November 2020 Contemporary theories of the acts of writing include readers in the making of the written text, whether they are imagined, anticipated, co-creators or quoters. But most theories devise charitable readers, who welcome the written text with a […]

Legifrance, November 2020. The law of 7 October 2016 for a digital Republic had affirmed it: open data was becoming the ordinary modality for public acts, and in particular for court decisions. After an appropriate decree, the latter should thus […]

Paris, October 2017. Unlike the graves of our ancestors, which are decorated with flowers especially on All Saints’ Day, those of celebrities are built throughout the year as an observatory of modern religion and individual worship. Empty bottles and cigarette […]

Pressigny-les-Pins, august 2020. During its expansion, the aerosol technology quickly spread to a diverse range of products, including the propulsion of colored pigments. Primarily intended for coachbuilders and construction workers, spray paint has gradually become popular, appearing prominently on the […]

Marseille, octobre 2020 The closed curtain and the locked windows do not hide the chalk menu boasting all the dishes that could be tasted here after months of lockdown. But the world after is really not the one before: forecasting, […]

Paris, December 2019. Breakdowns and disruptions of public infrastructure result in various justifications addressed to users. They cover the walls and concentrate written responses and graffitis that entertain the passer-by who is about to climb the large steps of the […]

Ubaye Valley, August 2020. Dangers are among the social objects most worked on by writing: road signage, electrical, chemical, nuclear signs, warnings of all kinds about hostile animals, ceilings that are too low, treacherous waves or skilful pickpockets. These permanent […]

Pont, August 2020. After two or three days of relaxing walks in the Morvan natural park, we are not really surprised to come across this sign. By qualifying the place as a “sensitive natural space”, it seems to fit perfectly […]

Marseille, June 2020 The Covid-19 epidemic has produced mourning and suffering, and deep traces in our public spaces: health slogans, practical instructions, gel dispensers, masks of all kinds on faces and necks, terraces invading sidewalks and even streets. It also […]

Maguelone, June 2020. It was no longer a question of gathering under sunshades, as the Mayor had announced. The new world required the beach to be “active and sporty”. The slogan of the liberation of lockdown, including the famous “social […]

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. […]

Marseille, June 2020. At the base of the building, under a series of balconies, is a higher space covered with stones set in cement. It is unclear whether its vocation was aesthetic, undoubtedly missed, or security, as much as it […]

Marseille, june 2019. The station is punctuated by the dance of the metal monsters arriving and leaving the platforms. Regional, high-speed, freight-transporting trains, all have a special profile, move with their characteristic noise, and display distinctive colors and markings. The […]

Our guests: Morten Nissen et Kristian H. Kofod Copenhagen, march 2020. Toilet writing is not what is used to be: anonymous messages to the world – political, humorous, sexual, philosophical food for thought. Now, tags carry only names as their […]

Paris, October 2017. It begins like in a fairy tale: knock, knock, knock, “- Who’ s there?”. But, in front of this wooden door, which could be the grandmother’s in the Tales of Mother Goose, there is no need to […]

Our guest: Tomás S. Criado Munich, May 2020. Only seldom do constitutional debates take the streets. However, this bureaucratically heated disputes–regularly discussed in the secluded spaces of courts–sometimes catch media attention and stir political debate. After the implementation of stark […]

Our Guest : Émeline Brulé April 2020 in San Francisco, waiting in line to enter Rainbow Grocery, a worker-owned cooperative focusing on local, vegetarian organic food. Every journey is an opportunity to discover the new signs accompanying the pandemic. On […]

Marseille, April 2020. The street was, of course, empty, confinement required. With the sun hitting it directly, the sign built on an railway company right-of-way was all the more visible with its white background. The huge letters and the two-colour […]

Paris, April 2020. We now talk behind masks and write behind glass. To justify being closed, to give the address of the website where to place an order or to inform about adjusted schedules. There are also all those little […]