Cold War spy films bear witness to a polarity between overt technophilia and a critique of technology’s hold on the human mind. In this text, which prefigures an exhibition that Alexandra Midal…
Architecture has long been synonymous with construction. The realisation of the destructive dimension of such an enterprise on a global scale is now pushing architects to consider other ways of pursuing their…
How can art and design practice be combined with ecological issues? Does production necessarily imply a form of destruction? What forms might a turn towards deproduction take? This feature considers these issues…
matali crasset is an admired designer, known for her public commissions and numerous editions with brands. In this Talking Heads event hosted by Alexandra Midal, crasset addresses the more subterranean and essential…
Actress Véronique Augereau and actor Philippe Peythieu are the voices behind the French Marge and Homer Simpson. For this Talking Head, Augereau and Peythieu sit down with graphic designer Olivier Lebrun, author…
Renewing architecture and its paradigms for a future full of unknowns, in a multiple and archipelagic world, subject to the depletion of resources and the challenge of climate change; such was the…
"Editing Arts! Montage en mouvement" looked at the question of montage in contemporary art and design practices and, conversely, the influence of these practices on cinema. This feature gathers the entire conference…
“All Monuments Must Fall.” Four words, calling out and calling up. An indictment of police terror, a demand for an end to impunity. The Critical Studies Seminar of the CCC Research-based Master…
All those who have visited the Venice Biennale have noticed a monument on the waterfront in front of the Giardini, almost in front of the Swiss Pavilion. It is the famous memorial…
In this essay, Javier Fernández Contreras examines the implications of architectural photography’s daytime tropism. While Modernism saw the development of an architectural thinking inspired by nocturnal leisure and entertainment venues such as…