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Petite histoire du bricolage, 2012


Petite histoire du bricolage (2012)
HD video 1080p with sound, 42ʼ05ʼʼ © Hoël Duret / ADAGP, Paris 2012


The video follows the dismantling process of an icon of the Do It Yourself, a low quality jigsaw. Each pieces of the machine is neatly classified by category on the table. The voice over of the poet Pierre Giquel reads a history of DIY, from its survivalists early days until it became the fashionable hobby of the middle class.