Always faster, always more, always better - this seems to be the precept of our contemporary society. And while digital technology will soon be celebrating its hundredth birthday, we are witnessing a resurgence of technologies, or crafts, that go against our modern hyper-speed. Vinyl records, cassettes, film cameras, Super-8s, newspapers, books, notebooks and even the 3310 - these are all objects of appalling banality that we thought had sounded the death knell. Now they're back in the spotlight. But it's not just objects that are changing, it's a way of life that's changing too: professional reconversions to crafts are numerous, slow-living is becoming more and more popular, permaculture is gaining new adepts every day, and a growing proportion of the population has chosen to go off on a tangent to escape the diktat of exponential speed. All this, all these signs, are nothing other than clear evidence of a feeling of discomfort in a society that is no longer in sync with its people.
Ne t'endors pas (Don't fall asleep) is a research project, questioning our relationship with the physical world, the importance of touch, but also the persistence of the material at a time when everything is digital. This research questions, confronts, calls into question and discusses, not seeking an answer but opening up the range of possibilities. It is the subject of a substantive questioning synthesized in an edition, followed by a quest for form through an interactive exhibition on the reflexive power of form and enrichment through touch.

Always faster, always more, always better - this seems to be the precept of our contemporary society. And while digital technology will soon be celebrating its hundredth birthday, we are witnessing a resurgence of technologies, or crafts, that go against our modern hyper-speed. Vinyl records, cassettes, film cameras, Super-8s, newspapers, books, notebooks and even the 3310 - these are all objects of appalling banality that we thought had sounded the death knell. Now they're back in the spotlight. But it's not just objects that are changing, it's a way of life that's changing too: professional reconversions to crafts are numerous, slow-living is becoming more and more popular, permaculture is gaining new adepts every day, See more…