In addition, Jean Baudrillard's criticism of consumer society in « The Symbolic Exchange and Death » (1976), and even of cultural overproduction, is more current than ever. Does the art market stand outside of a "hyperreality" where the image reigns and hypnotize ? Thinking so would be missing the fact the University as a Global institution also operates on an over-productive rhythm. In France, a researcher is required to produce writings at a steady and strict pace. But a third solution would be to break the imbalance of "the symbolic exchange between the human and the world", by proposing to the artists and the authors to do nothing, in order to reclaim this assertion without seeking to address immediately, and tirelessly, to the world that works and wants them to work.
 
Starting from this idea, we plan to create a structure which would aim at welcoming artists in order to slow down their production to the point of nothingness, in a first place, so that they can then bring reflections through open medias : video, text, email, conversation, skype call, drawing answers linked to the thematic, and truly nothing. In that last case invited artists will only sign a paper stating « the positive agreement answer to participate in the exhibition and to produce nothing », and it will be shown in the exhibition. What will they choose faced to this paradoxical thematic ?
 
*The title of the show is quote by Franz West 