An endless night (without sunrise or sunset).
In a post-we’re-not-quite-sure-what Paris, cIel do not sleep. They walk, drift, and ruminate on lost loves and obsessions.
la kate is the story of an insomnia, a mental loop, where Paris becomes an unstable backdrop and a site of projection.
la kate tells of that suspended moment when one walks in circles to avoid falling—where, perhaps, something is still trying to survive. 

 la kate
Authors: Angelica, Ana Balderas, Eva Barto, Muse Côtedessoux, Clara Darin, Clara Degay, Camille Gouin, Talia Hausman, Sarah H, Isabel Judez, Fanette Lambey, Lorena Lombardi, Florence Marqueyrol, Elena Lespes Muñoz, Sasha Pascual, Susie Richard, Sophie Rogg & Céline Vaché-Olivieri
Graphic design: mrs-sissy-lyn (Charlotte Carletto & Clara Degay)
Publishers: Bétonsalon – Center for Art and Research, with the support of DRAC Île-de-France
2026 

This text emerges from a collective writing process conducted on Framapad, a collaborative word-processing tool, to which the authors contributed either occasionally or regularly, following various modes and rhythms. It was written as part of “INFUNDIOSXS” (2023–2024), a multi-voiced, multi-handed writing cycle developed within the “Writing with Mittens” workshops, initiated by Elena Lespes Muñoz at Bétonsalon.