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MALIGNÉES

(2024) Participation to the long-term project Drapeaux, organised by Limbo and the artists invited. Invited by César Brun; on the roof of Zabriskie (Geneva, CH).
Two flags (recycled polyester), used shipping box, used plastic wrapping.


— what did you miss?
— i missed a line...

— what did i miss?
— you misaligned.

I loved using this hole punch, even though it only offered 2 notches when I needed 4. The pages were held together but always out of alignment: difficult to turn, as stuck in the spine, or slipping around the rings when the perforation holes didn’t fit and had to be redone, like a hiccup in 2D. Like a hiccup running down the sides. A thing with a hole in it is often seen as losing its substance, its capacity, its true, best form. Yet it is in the hole that we see what holds and surrounds. This thing is full of holes.

J’adorais utiliser cette perforatrice, mais elle n’offrait que 2 crans quand j’en avais besoin de 4. Les pages étaient tenues mais toujours en décalage : difficiles à tourner, comme coincées dans l’axe, ou nageant autour des anneaux quand les trous de perçage avaient dû être refaits, comme un hoquet en 2D. Comme un hoquet partant sur les flancs. Une chose trouée est souvent vue comme perdant sa substance, sa contenance, sa forme. C’est pourtant dans le trou qu’on voit ce qui l’entoure et la tient. Cette chose est pleine de trous, elle tient pas debout, tiendra pas la route.

Image below: Barnabé Masson.
© Nolwenn Salaün, 2015—2025