Group Exhibition Explores Urban Control and Sensory Politics at Galerie Derouillon

Galerie Derouillon in Paris presents "As the veneer of democracy starts to fade," a group exhibition drawing on Mark Stewart's 1985 album of the same name. The show examines how capitalist, military, and security logics reshape urban space, using sound, architecture, and surveillance to control populations. Works by K. Gavasheli, L. Yenirce, N. Gale, G. Matta-Clark, B. Ginsburg, and E. Sene explore memory, perception, and the instability of built environments. The exhibition references A. N. Whitehead's concept of the "vibrational nexus" and Mike Davis's "Ecology of Fear" to frame how ultrasonic frequencies, surveillance networks, and architectural camouflage create an atmosphere of tension. The show runs at Galerie Derouillon in Paris.