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The Culture Blog p. 114 Script vidéo DVD: 19

2020 to 2025: an autonomous system providing life support
for the brain, and allowing it interaction with the environ-
ment, is created.
A worm hole might also empty into another time. That’s be-
cause worm holes are portals through the fabric of space
and time.
It is almost time for this passenger train to leave the sta-
tion. And the passengers are hurrying along the glistening
sides of its coaches. The train will be pulled by this big
streamlined diesel electric locomotive.
Well, there I was standing in the queue with one billion other
people trying to get into United States of America. Pass the
immigration service, pass the one finger here, one finger
there, photographed and all the rest of if, trying to get a
visa, on my way.
1. Présentation Initially the GMTO distributed black and white posters and
photos of old Athenes to the few tourists. This primordial
Le parcours d’éducation artistique et culturelle donne advertising campain bore fruit a few years later in 1937 with
l’occasion de découvrir ici des artistes qui ne sont pas a hundred and sixty thousand foreign visitors arriving in
forcément classiques ou mondialement connus. Même s’il Greece.
s’agit d’artistes reconnus, ils le sont plutôt à une échelle Healthy hydration levels is the best way to keep your body
locale. Ils permettent d’explorer diverses formes d’expression, in peak shape to fend off these feelings of fatigue and
comme des sculptures installées en ville, des moyens liés aux weakness brought on by jetlag.
techniques numériques ou aux médias.
2. Exploitation
Faites lire les textes. À chaque fois, demandez d’observer les Your challenge p. 115
images qui les accompagnent ainsi que de repérer le titre de
l’œuvre et le nom des artistes.
Production possible
1. Douglas Coupland, pixel art; George Grie, science-fic-
tion art; Reva Stone, video art
2. - I really love pixel art. I usually love drawing it
on paper. But seeing this photo of “Digital Orca” by
Douglas Coupland near the water is just spectacular.
I think it’s interesting because it’s different when
you’re far, and when you’re close. It’s pixels, but it’s
also in three dimensions. It’s amazing, I’m a big fan.
- Art that incorporates science-fiction is OK. I like it
when artists use computers to create, it’s interesting,
sometimes fascinating, but it’s not always beautiful.
This painting by George Grie is completely surreal,
but it’s not my favourite. The mix of images is inte-
resting but the general impression is not very posi- • Objectifs communicationnels : présenter un travail
tive, it’s a little depresssing. personnel ; organiser les différents points nécessaires pour
- Video art is usually interesting. I really like to mix construire un exposé
different things and even media. But this one by Reva
• Objectif culturel : connaître une grande ville canadienne
Stone is terrible. I don’t like it because I really don’t
(régulièrement élue parmi les plus agréables à vivre dans le
understand it. I find it boring and not interesting at all.
monde).
YOU ARE AN ARTIST! • Objectifs lexicaux : le lexique de la ville, de l’environnement
- Yes I do, I think it is still art because it is the image et de l’écologie.
of a painting. It is just a modern version of art, art • Objectifs grammaticaux : le futur (will, ’ll, won’t), le futur
now includes computers a lot. proche (le présent en be + V-ing), la phrase conditionnelle
- No I don’t, I don’t think it is still art. Art means (avec if + futur) ; les adverbes already / still / (not) yet ; les
creating, and talent. If the computer does it all, then comparaisons (avec des noms).
it is not really art. It’s technology.

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