Internal Frictions and War of Attrition. The Taste of War

Abstract

In this essay, French author Bernard Kœst analyzes his own archive of images, going through the notions of friction and war, and then crossing the problems present in his artistic production with the news of modern conflicts presented on TV. His subjective testimony shows us a testimony of someone who was not on the battlefront, but who acts as an archaeologist, excavating meanings between his family and personal history with those collective, numeralized and generalized ones, which in turn are commonly displayed in coverage. journalistic. In particular, Kœst focuses on his work Taste of War, adding in his written reflection, photographs of soldiers and victims taken in front of the television device.