CNN demandaient à des artistes d'illustrer les répercussions des attaques du 11 septembre. Parmi les oeuvres présentées, j'ai retenu New Slang de Marcus Kenney.
'The New Slang'
Artist's statement: The 10 years following the September 11 attacks have seen many words added to our everyday vernacular. Arab words like "jihad," "Taliban," "fatah," "Ramadan" and "al Qaeda" are now commonplace. Characters like Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atta, Chemical Ali and Sarah Palin have been introduced. Slang words like "dirty bomb," "safe house," "water boarding," "sleeper cells" and "the Green Zone" are referenced daily. We are now aware on a map where once obscure locations like Qatar, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and even Guantanamo Bay are found. There are phrases such as "shock and awe" and "mission accomplished," and of course the many new acronyms like WMDs, TSA and 9/11, to name a few. I am a father of three, and most of the words and phrases I chose to include in this work are ones my children have been hearing and learning about over the course of the past 10 years. I used a child-like, cut-and-paste technique to add to the realization that these words, phrases, places and people are as much a part of our children's vocabulary as words like "Pearl Harbor," "Nazis" and "POWs" are to older generations. This is one of the many profound impacts to our culture post-September 11, 2001.
Pour les autres oeuvres:
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2011/09/specials/911.ripple/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
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