[Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

[Gawthrop, Rob]

And there was Francis Alys' "re-enactments" twin screen video where he
bought a gun and bullets and paraded down the street with it until arrested.
He then re-enacted it with police collaboration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Ty4TTAX48

Rob


On 07/03/2014 15:26, "Francisco Torres" <fjtorrespr at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is the quote----
> 
> I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica
> pistol at a figurehead -- the guy could have been working for Andy
> Warhol!  <http://www.quoteland.com/quote/J-G-Ballard-Quotes/26948/>
> 
> 
> 
> -*J. G. Ballard <http://www.quoteland.com/author/J-G-Ballard-Quotes/1637/>*
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Francisco Torres <fjtorrespr at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> It reminds me of JG Ballard commenting on the guy who was sent to jail for
>> pointing a toy gun at the Queen. Ballard said it was the ultimate
>> simulacrum, a make believe attempt on a make believe monarch...
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:09 AM, Mariya Nikiforova
>> <mariya at radonlake.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> Real Snow White by Pilvi Takala!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Mark Street <mstreet430 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone know the name of a film (Dutch?) in which a woman
>>>> impersonated a Disney character in the parking lot of Paris Disneyland, I
>>>> think it was Snow White. She greeted children, posed for pictures and the
>>>> like until security guards approached and said she wasn't the 'real' Snow
>>>> White.  She argued:  "How can someone be a 'real' fantasy character, and
>>>> she was escorted off the grounds.....
>>>> 
>>>> I saw it at EMAF about 5 years ago.
>>>> 
>>>> all best,
>>>> Mark Street
>>>> www.markstreetfilms.com
>>>> 
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