Inflight
Johan Grimonprez
2000
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In Inflight Magazine, compiled by Johan Grimonprez, the “society of the spectacle” is extended into an even more contemporary “spectacularity of the culture of catastrophe”. Rooted in Guy Debord’s philosophy, the booklet takes the form ...
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Inflight
Johan Grimonprez
2000
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Publishers
128 pages
27.5 × 21.3 cm

In Inflight Magazine, compiled by Johan Grimonprez, the “society of the spectacle” is extended into an even more contemporary “spectacularity of the culture of catastrophe”. Rooted in Guy Debord’s philosophy, the booklet takes the form of a magazine distributed to passengers during commercial flights. Its content, however, subverts the familiar narrative of in-flight magazines, replacing it with one driven by phobia and conspiracy.


 


This transition is made with wit and an edge, offering a different kind of entertainment that pushes our deepest fears to their limits. From a cover depicting a Boeing aircraft exploding before takeoff to a safety-instruction vademecum for terrorist attacks, alongside apocalyptic imagery and content, the publication becomes the last thing one might want to read before boarding a flight.

Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Publishers
128 pages
27.5 × 21.3 cm

In Inflight Magazine, compiled by Johan Grimonprez, the “society of the spectacle” is extended into an even more contemporary “spectacularity of the culture of catastrophe”. Rooted in Guy Debord’s philosophy, the booklet takes the form of a magazine distributed to passengers during commercial flights. Its content, however, subverts the familiar narrative of in-flight magazines, replacing it with one driven by phobia and conspiracy.

 

This transition is made with wit and an edge, offering a different kind of entertainment that pushes our deepest fears to their limits. From a cover depicting a Boeing aircraft exploding before takeoff to a safety-instruction vademecum for terrorist attacks, alongside apocalyptic imagery and content, the publication becomes the last thing one might want to read before boarding a flight.

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In Inflight Magazine, compiled by Johan Grimonprez, the “society of the spectacle” is extended into an even more contemporary “spectacularity of the culture of catastrophe”. Rooted in Guy Debord’s philosophy, the booklet takes the form of a magazine distributed to passengers during commercial flights. Its content, however, subverts the familiar narrative of in-flight magazines, replacing it with one driven by phobia and conspiracy.

 

This transition is made with wit and an edge, offering a different kind of entertainment that pushes our deepest fears to their limits. From a cover depicting a Boeing aircraft exploding before takeoff to a safety-instruction vademecum for terrorist attacks, alongside apocalyptic imagery and content, the publication becomes the last thing one might want to read before boarding a flight.

Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Publishers
128 pages
27.5 × 21.3 cm

In Inflight Magazine, compiled by Johan Grimonprez, the “society of the spectacle” is extended into an even more contemporary “spectacularity of the culture of catastrophe”. Rooted in Guy Debord’s philosophy, the booklet takes the form of a magazine distributed to passengers during commercial flights. Its content, however, subverts the familiar narrative of in-flight magazines, replacing it with one driven by phobia and conspiracy.

 

This transition is made with wit and an edge, offering a different kind of entertainment that pushes our deepest fears to their limits. From a cover depicting a Boeing aircraft exploding before takeoff to a safety-instruction vademecum for terrorist attacks, alongside apocalyptic imagery and content, the publication becomes the last thing one might want to read before boarding a flight.

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In Inflight Magazine, compiled by Johan Grimonprez, the “society of the spectacle” is extended into an even more contemporary “spectacularity of the culture of catastrophe”. Rooted in Guy Debord’s philosophy, the booklet takes the form of a magazine distributed to passengers during commercial flights. Its content, however, subverts the familiar narrative of in-flight magazines, replacing it with one driven by phobia and conspiracy.

 

This transition is made with wit and an edge, offering a different kind of entertainment that pushes our deepest fears to their limits. From a cover depicting a Boeing aircraft exploding before takeoff to a safety-instruction vademecum for terrorist attacks, alongside apocalyptic imagery and content, the publication becomes the last thing one might want to read before boarding a flight.

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