Jean-Charles Masséra's 'France guide de l'utilisateur'
In 'France guide de l'utilisateur', Jean-Charles Masséra employs a method akin to Georges Perec's 'Life A User's Manual', organizing narratives through a thinking/classifying of subjects. Masséra presents trajectories and life forms that develop independently of human emotions and attachments. He constructs sentences he calls ready-mades, borrowed from everyday conversation, recounting specific life situations. The burlesque effect of this collage suggests that what should be intimate is instead produced by laws and logics designed at the scale of economic actors and their interests.
Key facts
- Jean-Charles Masséra wrote 'France guide de l'utilisateur'
- The work is compared to Georges Perec's 'Life A User's Manual'
- Masséra uses ready-made sentences from everyday conversation
- The collage creates a burlesque effect
- The work implies intimacy is governed by economic logic
Entities
Artists
- Jean-Charles Masséra
- Georges Perec
Sources
- artpress —