What is the biggest difference between the Star Wars planets and our Earth? Most have only one biome! On Earth, we have deserts, oceans, polar regions and tropical jungles. Star Wars dedicates an entire planet to each. Scientifically speaking, this model does not work because a planet never offers the same living conditions in its […]
Category Archives: Spaces
Dérives
Lausanne, 17 décembre 2015 L’archer C. a laissé dans la nuit sans sommeil des ombres soustraites à la lumière des pensées. Les végétaux veillent sur les affaires humaines: leur temps est plus long: leur temps est plus lent. Sponsor roi ou le tribu de la beauté à l’obligation : le capitalisme est intimement figuratif. Puis […]
The automobile world and the future of space – a cartographic perspective
What follows is the text of my presentation at the ICHC 2015 in Antwerp, held on July 15th. Abstract: That there exists a dialectical relationship between spatial representations and spatial practices is a familiar idea, which received extensive theoretical development by thinkers as diverse as Henri Lefebvre, Gunar Olsson or Franco Farinelli. My aim is […]
Wikitractatus spatial #2 – La fureur de lire
Après une première installation à Lausanne, le Wikitractatus a déployé ses branches sous le soleil de mai à Genève, à l’occasion de la Fureur de lire, adoptant deux formes, cette fois: une installation urbaine et un spectacle à trois voix. La performance s’est déroulée dans les combles du Collège Calvin du 16e s. Quand Genève […]
Wikitractatus spatial #1 – La Nuit de la lecture
Le Wikitractatus est un poème 2.0, dont le sens dépend de votre itinéraire, à l’instar du sens de n’importe quel territoire que vous créez par votre mouvement, par vos sensations, par les réflexions qui naissent en vous en marchant. Ce texte est né sur le papier il y a plus d’une dizaine d’années, comme une […]
Nearing Peak Car ?
Is our society evolving toward a post-car world? Among reasons for dropping car sales in the World are the reversal of the urban sprawl trend, the development of public transport, the reallocation of urban space to bicycles and pedestrians, the development of car sharing facilitated by new communication technologies or a cultural shift among younger […]
A post-car world with the PodCar
The environmental and urbanistic reasons for getting rid of private individual car need no more to be listed. Known under the name of podcar, a promising car replacement solution consists of a driverless vehicle, usable on demand, and guided by an automatized navigation system (GPS, local terminals or combinations of both). It has first appeared […]
Four Music Videos for the End of the World
12/21/2012. Some say the end is near. But there’s still time to watch the best music videos about Doomsday. Tool – Ænema “Some say the end is near. Some say we’ll see Armageddon soon – I certainly hope we will” sings Maynard James Keenan. Here, the end of the world means “fret for your figure […]
Switzerland discusses food sovereignty – a vegetarian diet might be the answer
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet”, said Albert Einstein. This might also the answer to the questions discussed this Wednesday, September 19th in the Swiss parliament (both in the Conseil National and in the Conseil des États). “Food […]
The shadow of Curiosity
This morning August 6th, after fourteen years of planning and months of anxious waiting, the Curiosity mars rover has landed, sending as a proof of its success a fisheye picture of pebbles, dust, and its own shadow on the surface of Mars. It is the largest and most advanced machine to ever land on another […]