“M2” (2006) is a piece which reverses the monumental process. It reconverts a monument into texts. The 210x147cm inkjet print is of a handmade drawing made on an electronic sheet. The image is entirely made with electronic barcodes. Each barcode is programmed for a text message and is readable with two handheld scanners which viewers can use to project texts in the inscription space of the arch and in a space above the piece. Projected text fragments deal with the language of commemoration (based on actual speeches of mayors, regional Préfets, Sous-Préfets and ministers in interwar France), reflections on monuments, and proposals for 33 new monuments for Washington DC.