Throughout his career to date, Julien Prévieux’s work is notable for the extreme meticulousness of his approach in responding to the expectations of the system as best he can. But, as if the artist had somehow failed to understand the rules, the result is often absurd and quite the opposite of the norm (see his Lettres de non motivation, “uncover letters” in English). Prévieux speaks of “counter-productivity”; the philosopher Elie During amends this to “counter-use.”