Je Suis Le Monde
(2018)Je Suis Le Monde is a performance of reading newspaper in silence with a gesture of protest.
As the title suggests, the newspaper here is Le Monde published in France. In this performance, the artist portrays himself as a blue-collar worker with a banned mouth, standing in a crowd to display the up-to-date newspaper page by page and mainly showing the most visible picture and headline on a page as if he is demonstrating a manifesto. At the end of the performance, the artist swallows and chews “Le Monde” of the newspaper and spits it out.
As the title suggests, the newspaper here is Le Monde published in France. In this performance, the artist portrays himself as a blue-collar worker with a banned mouth, standing in a crowd to display the up-to-date newspaper page by page and mainly showing the most visible picture and headline on a page as if he is demonstrating a manifesto. At the end of the performance, the artist swallows and chews “Le Monde” of the newspaper and spits it out.
concept & performance : River Lin
13, May 2018
at Corps et Artivisme, curated by Sarah Trouche, part of Jeune Création, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
13, May 2018
at Corps et Artivisme, curated by Sarah Trouche, part of Jeune Création, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
photo by Angie Seah, video by Frederic Auquier
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