Sensational effects of this game
June 26, 2006 - Chamalières, France I do really like the way you're showing what we've been fed up with since You-Know-When. You chose a flipbook and I'd say you're choice is not only interesting but reveals the reality of human relationships.
Your flipbook is a toy and I think the war we're all living on Earth (even if we're not feeling it as strong as the ones who live under the bombs) is like a big endless game in a schoolyard. We're all like children: there is the strong guy, some who dare attack the strong guy but keep hiding not to be destroyed, and the others who jump on the sensational effects of this game (I think you and me and loads of Euro-Americans belong to the third part). And finally, in middle position there is the big candy packs we're all fighting for.
We're all weak children in this large schoolyard and we're killing each other for a candy packs. Your flipbook will help me and my friends to live again the turn of the game.
How would you feel if I started selling September 11th Flipbooks for money and profit?
I think that big channels like CNN, FOX or TF1 (French) are using terrorism in a quite more critical way than you could do by selling it for profit. Iraq war (1991) has been lived in direct by the Americans. Media wanted the audience to watch it like a series... for entertainment. But now their point of view is not only biased but calculated to feed the fear in the western populations and therefore to keep people under domination. Because Terrorism can touch everywhere. I think Michael Moore (whom I do not like so much) is showing it well in Fahrenheit and Bowling for Columbine.
If you sell your flipbooks I'm sure you'll give people the opportunity to think. They'll see that scene without any comments from journalists. They'll feel it in their own way...I did study art a bit this year and the main question we had to think about was the presentation of art... the link between the object and the viewer. We do not care if it's politically correct or not.. But the fact that 9/11 is still in the memory and that we do not know how another people could react seeing that scene on a flipbook help me to say that your flipbook could never be a stupid gift we exchange with friends.. You cannot get it without glancing oddly at the one who did offer it to you.
But to speak once more about presentation, I think it's the first time an artist is using the Internet to collect reactions. I think what we call art is not the flipbook itself, but the way you're introducing it to the spectators. D'you remember the museum where you cannot touch anything, where you must stay behind the red line.... it's over... Let's exchange, Let's poke our noses into everything...
Philippe Dubost
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| Name |
Date |
Location |
Title |
| 1. Sarah Baker |
March 12, 2006 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
The very first essay |
| 2. Sean Smith |
May 10, 2006 |
Toronto, Canada |
Tactical application of slowness |
| 3. Mike Fischer |
May 17, 2006 |
Racine, Wisconsin |
My birthday is September 11 |
| 4. Pat Riot |
May 23, 2006 |
Los Angeles, California |
9-11 FLIP OUT |
| 5. Julian Miller |
May 31, 2006 |
New York, New York |
Desperate grab for attention |
| 6. Scott Grant |
June 5, 2006 |
Bristol, United Kingdom |
I wished I didn't own a television |
| 7. Daniel Clark |
June 6, 2006 |
Henderson, Nevada |
Media Monotony |
| 8. Damon Lawner |
June 10, 2006 |
Los Angeles, California |
Concise yet massive story |
| 9. Natalie Conforti |
June 12, 2006 |
San Francisco, California |
American student in Italy |
| 10. K Torpy |
June 13, 2006 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
Incomprehensible accessible |
| 11. Pierre Ernest |
June 18, 2006 |
Borsbeek, Belgium |
I also was born on Sept. 11th |
| 12. Timothy Schaffert |
June 18, 2006 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
Lesson in commerce and tragedy |
| 13. Chris Fischer |
June 18, 2006 |
Landisville, Pennsylvania |
i could give a fuck less |
| 14. Aaron Norhanian |
June 19, 2006 |
Brooklyn, New York |
Hold the moment in my hand |
| 15. Anonymous |
June 19, 2006 |
Anonymous. |
i think that Bush planned it |
| 16. Steve Chudomelka |
June 19, 2006 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
Caught in the moment again |
| 17. Adam Arsenault |
June 19, 2006 |
Prince Edward Island, Canada |
Respecting each other's visions |
| 18. Pierre-François Maquaire |
June 19, 2006 |
Paris, France |
I collect folioscopes |
| 19. Kim Lyvang |
June 20, 2006 |
Ontario, Canada |
My life is now richer |
| 20. Alexis Turner |
June 20, 2006 |
Portland, Oregon |
Listen to *me* |
| 21. Patrick Hughes |
June 21, 2006 |
Gainesville, Florida |
I would not like a 9-11 flipbook |
| 22. Philippe Dubost |
June 26, 2006 |
Chamalières, France |
Sensational effects of this game |
| 23. Jean-Pierre Becker |
June 27, 2006 |
Paris, France |
I could smile about your question |
| 24. Jayne Sonshine |
June 28, 2006 |
Twp. of Washington, New Jersey |
Hold a piece of history |
| 25. Tabitha Straws |
June 28, 2006 |
Seattle, Washington |
Selfish American |
| 26. K. Verbonus |
June 28, 2006 |
Steilacoom, Washington |
Everyone wants to be right |
| 27. Jo Bryan |
June 28, 2006 |
Cambs, United Kingdom |
Another frantic day |
| 28. Hayley Gardiner |
June 28, 2006 |
Northampton, United Kingdom |
Not just about the victims |
| 29. David Vogt |
June 28, 2006 |
Rockford, Illinois |
Feelings and emotions of others |
| 30. Nick Jugovics |
June 28, 2006 |
Paxton, Illinois |
Made from suffering |
| 31. Lennaert Bosch |
June 28, 2006 |
Cuijk, The Netherlands |
Ten and a half year old |
| 32. David LaBrue |
June 29, 2006 |
Marysville, California |
Trivializing those events |
| 33. David Pitman |
July 1, 2006 |
South Wales, United Kingdom |
Slap in the face |
| 34. Tracy Cowell |
July 1, 2006 |
Somerset, United Kingdom |
Agree with it or not |
| 35. Candy VanOcker |
July 1, 2006 |
Springville, New York |
This happened to everyone |
| 36. Fadel Haowat |
July 1, 2006 |
Chicago, Illinois |
What the news can do |
| 37. Daniel Sahagian |
July 1, 2006 |
North Arlington, New Jersey |
Light against Hate and Ignorance |
| 38. Sam Brobvision |
July 1, 2006 |
Nottingham, United Kingdom |
Little effect on my life |
| 39. Cain Radford |
July 1, 2006 |
Broken Hill, Australia |
Through tragedy life goes on |
| 40. Susan Rabka |
July 1, 2006 |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
I might as well have been there |
| 41. Nicole Brodsky |
July 1, 2006 |
San Francisco, California |
Arbiter of the act |
| 42. Julie Gormly |
July 2, 2006 |
Brisbane, Australia |
Uncomfortable sharing |
| 43. Nicola Dingle |
July 2, 2006 |
Somerset, United Kingdom |
Seize the day |
| 44. Tarryn Bow |
July 3, 2006 |
Broken Hill, Australia |
Far more shocking |
| 45. Ricardo dC Russo |
July 3, 2006 |
Manaus, Brazil |
World is full of lost words |
| 46. Pascal Fouché |
July 4, 2006 |
Paris, France |
How people can see it |
| 47. Anthony Mack |
July 4, 2006 |
Lacey, Washington |
ALL humans strive for freedom |
| 48. Teri Jenkins |
July 6, 2006 |
Ontario, Canada |
Deepest sympathies |
| 49. Alexandre Noyer |
July 6, 2006 |
Annecy, France |
Internationnal langage |
| 50. Yolanda Yuyu |
July 6, 2006 |
Chengdu, China |
It tell us to remember something |
| 51. Craig Park |
July 7, 2006 |
Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
Are we better for our learning |
| 52. Kell Black |
July 11, 2006 |
Clarksville, Tennessee |
Small matchbox diorama |
| 53. Anonymous |
July 12, 2006 |
United States |
Sophisticated visual humor |
| 54. Lauren De Luca |
July 12, 2006 |
New York, New York |
Less than a mile from the Towers |
| 55. Nanette Allen |
July 12, 2006 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Intimate translations |
| 56. Manfred Reichert |
July 21, 2006 |
Visselhoevede, Germany |
Flash animation |
| 57. B Rousse |
July 22, 2006 |
Paris, France |
It deserves our irreverence |
| 58. Charlotta Bjorkskog |
July 22, 2006 |
Kokkola, Finland |
Of course you gain on it |
| 59. Stuart and Tara |
July 24, 2006 |
Brooklyn, New York |
Better view on the TV |
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| 60. Dave Schneider |
January 29, 2007 |
Chicago, Illinois |
Remind me of "real" pain |
| 61. Dan Keane |
January 30, 2007 |
Bloomfield, New Jersey |
what the fuck was the 'message'? |
| 62. Thomas Hill |
February 6, 2007 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
perception is reality |
| 63. Robert Fischer |
March 29, 2007 |
Houma, Louisiana |
the defining moment |
| 64. Frank J Perrotta |
December 5, 2007 |
Sharon, Pennsylvania |
9-11 Flip Book Manipulations |
| 65. Matthew Lahey |
January 7, 2008 |
Los Angeles, Califronia |
On A Flipbook |
| 66. Kristin Heikel |
March 16, 2008 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
Reporting and Voyeurism |
| 67. Aibyouka Kun |
September 29, 2008 |
Westmont, New Jersey |
The First IM Chat |
| 68. Bobby Ryan |
November 4, 2008 |
North Cape May, New Jersey |
Patriotic Work of Art |
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