Horse Factor & The Female Waltz Dancers

We were drawn to the act of pressing. To press is to flatten but the act of pressing can also provide definition to a surface or force detail from a person. You can press someone for information or you can ‘iron out’ traces of the past.

We used this dialogue with the verb “to press” as a means of extracting the narrative behind a closed ‘Pressing Shop’ and also as a means of exploring the nature of the printing press in two dimensional sense. We pressed information from a printing plate in the same way as we pressed information from neighbours next to the closed Pressing shop.

And we produced an object resulting from this inquiry which combined in different way these different meanings of the verb ” to press.”

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George Fereday & Roman Seban

Itchevan park’s viewpoint in Valence is a recycling of an old factory smokestack. It’s build with bricks, like in London. It aims to offer a view on the Rhône and Ardèche. Actually, it doesn’t. The immediate view is on the french A7 motorway, also called Motorway of the Sun. By installing panels which indicate and promote the presence of the motorway, I want to change the function of the place, as a way to repair or correct it.

The place

Motorway of the Sun, north

Motorway of the Sun, south

Panels construction

The panel in location, below the official parc panel

A second panel must be installed somewhere around or in the viewpoint

Mael speak of us on Parallel school’s website.

You found the ephemeral waterfall in ERBA today!!!
So now you have to call the number written on the flyer
to know the location of the permanent hidden waterfall in Valence.
See you tomorrow at the right place!

The Vectors in the Art bar

Some Valence connections found in London.

Bastien is trying to sell some french drink.