Micro-publication — Cahier des nuisances 02
February 2nd, 2023
The cahiers des nuisances are micro-publications with texts, drawings, and photographs by Reinhardt and de Gaulejac that outline the observations, anecdotes and emotions behind their inquiry into the world of the white grub. Part artist-book, part field guide, this self-published series is the matrix for a shared language that grew out of their experimental collaboration. (In French only.)
Cahier 02 (L’institut) [The Institute]
This booklet describes our visit to the Institute of entomological research at the Botanical Gardens, where we discover that the Common Cockchafer, or June bug, is precisely that—common! More importantly, the first hint of a dialectical polemic in our nuisance investigation duo emerges: can human experience effectively imagine what a non-human experience is like? Some think yes, others no, but who thinks what is unclear.