Bien commun is French for common good, and refers in philosophy, economics and political science to what is shared or achieved by all or most members of a community. Julien Viala collaborated with John Beeson and Edition Taube, using the term as a starting point. In an almost unlimited photographic essay he explores how art, cultural artefacts and aesthetics occur in public and semi-public spaces. Together with Jonas Beuchert of Edition Taube he developed a concept to print the pictures on paper, mix them and glue them randomly into long, stack-like objects, so that every copy is a different slice. John Beeson's essay of the same name tries to work out what the term means.