‘To Each Their Own Bubble'

In the 1950s, in the United States … teenagers took their dates to the drive-in movie in their first car. Without leaving their car, they passed from the sound bubble of the car radio to the visual bubble of the cinema. Today, the users of Walkmans and cellular phones, like Baudelaire’s stroller, transport their private sphere with them. They are in an anonymous crowd, listening to the music they like; they are absent from their home or office yet in potential telecommunication with the whole world.