| Safe
Society
video, 1 mn 50, 2003
It’s within an advertising
time frame that the key concepts of a new security world are displayed. Low-fat
butter, alcohol-free whiskey, non-lethal weapons… The right to be protected
associated with the ban of putting oneself in danger thus carefully opens the
way to zero-risk. Indemnified disasters, limited responsibilities, desalienated
work… The video game images, which are often more dynamic and spectacular
than their movie models mix daily and extraordinary events. Caffeine-free coffee,
guilty-free exploitation, killed-free war. Safe society, coming soon!
Dans un temps contracté par les contraintes de la
promotion sont présentés les concepts clés d’un nouveau
monde sécuritaire. Bière sans alcool, café sans caféine,
armes non létales. Là, le droit à la protection associé
à l'interdiction de se mettre en danger y ouvrent la voie prudente du risque
zéro. Voitures bridées, responsabilités limitées,
travail désaliéné. Les images de jeux vidéos, souvent
plus dynamiques et spectaculaires que le cinéma dont elles s'inspirent,
font se percuter événements quotidiens et exceptionnels. Beurre
sans matière grasse, capital sans risque, guerre zéro morts. Safe
society, coming soon!
A video by Martin Le Chevallier
Text
written in collaboration with Gila Walker
Voice : Matthew Geczy
Thanks
to
Erwan Cario, Joris Clerté, Catherine Garnier, Karine Larqué,
Florent Latrive, Jean-Baptiste Lévêque, Jean-Charles Masséra,
Annick Rivoire and Tiphaine Samoyault
Exhibitions of Safe Society
/ Manifestations présentant Safe Society
– "Fiac", at Maisonneuve gallery, from the 8th to the 13th
of October 2003, in Paris.
– "Artissima", at Maisonneuve gallery,
from the 6th to the 9th of November 2003, in Torino.
– Interactive gallery
of the «Némo» festival, from the 9th to the 12th of march 2004,
in Paris.
– "Common property", 6th Werkleitz Biennale, in
the Volkspark Halle(Saale), from the 1st to the 5th of september 2004, in Berlin.
– “Game Time”, exhibition organized by Isabelle Arvers and Antoanetta
Ivanova , from October 1st to November 14th 2004, in the State Library of Victoria,
in Melbourne (Australia).
– "Just believe", personal exhibition
at Maisonneuve gallery, from January to February 2005, in Paris.
Festivals:
– "Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival", from the 11th to the
21st of November 2004 at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York.
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