An experimental selection of documents from the archives of the city of Marseilles, constituting a visual representation of biopower as theorized by philosopher Michel Foucault.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition “Du bateau à la cité. L'enfermement à Marseille – 18e-20e siècles”, Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille, from september 17, 2011, to January 21, 2012.
Philippe Artières is a French historian.
Ludovic Burel (born 1968 in Lille) is an artist, educator, publisher and co-founder of it: éditions.