The Fakirs’ Rest – When design excludes. In this striking video work, Stéphane Argillet and Gilles Paté expose the quiet violence of hostile architecture in Paris—spikes, barriers, and divided benches designed not for use, but for refusal. What seems like street furniture becomes a tool of exclusion—preventing rest, denying refuge, and reshaping the city against its most vulnerable. By drawing a parallel to fakirs—those who endure pain and discomfort—the artists ask: Who are our cities really bu