BigMinis. Fetishes of Crisis

This mini, compact catalogue, written in both French and English and available in six different colors, accompanies the exhibition “BigMinis,” at CAPC museum of contemporary art of Bordeaux. Both explore the fascination that things “scaled down” wield these days, afflicted by the crisis as we all are. If it is possible to see in the mini a harbinger of crisis, as well as a reflection and a critical consequence of this latter, we must also not overlook the fact that it usually represents an unexpected and off-kilter response to the recession. Because a reduction in size conveys the idea of a reduction in cost, space, and time, it likens the production of the compact to an intelligent, reactive production, adapted to its economic and cultural context. A control-production.