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Arnaud Contreras & Alain Dister

by Lynn on September 6th, 2007

A few days ago I received an e-mail from Arnaud Contreras and Alain Dister about their homage to the American writer, Jack Kerouac, who coined the term, “Beat Generation”. I was asked if I wanted to contribute something (a poem, a drawing, a song, etc.) to participate in this exhibit entitled, Memory Babe, A Tribute to Jack Kerouac. This is a celebration of the 50th year of Kerouac’s best known work: “On the Road“. The exhibit will take place on September 23, 2007 in Paris at the Cabaret Pirate in front of the BNF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France).

I, for one, do plan on sending something. What it’ll be, well I haven’t decided yet, but I will send something. The good news is you can send something too if you’d like. Click here for more details if you want to participate.

For those who don’t know who these two guys are, Alain Dister is a photographer/writer who recently had an exhibit in New York’s Lower East Side at the Envoy Gallery titled “Elegy for the Summer of Love”. For all the Baby Boomers who were hippies back in those great days of the 60’s, you’ll love his photos! (Ah! Those were the days!)

Arnaud Contreras is a film director who is best known for a short documentary called “Manif de Droite” (A Right-Wing Demonstration”) which he made back in 2003 in Paris. It’s a satirical parody on French culture that I found really funny! During this year’s presidential campaign Arnaud decided to post his film on the internet where it has taken on a new life of its own! More than 3/4 of a million people have now viewed it. Enjoy!

Manif de droite
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Photo Credits: Flickr and Alain Dister’s Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, San Francisco (1967).  Image courtesy of Envoy Gallery, New York.

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