Betreff: <nettime> RIP Fred Forest, French video artist
Datum: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 21:06:24 +0100
Von: Geert Lovink via nettime-l <[email protected]>
From: [email protected]
After 93 years of loyal service, Fred Forest leaves us this Wednesday,
November 4. With a light and peaceful heart, you leave us after having
set an example for me all your life. You were the best of dads, the one
who knew how to listen and find the right words. You were my example and
I am very, very proud to be your son. I will be forever grateful to you
for everything you have done for me. You have been a support, someone
you want by your side. That's what I'm going to miss the most: spending
time with you. I know you're still here, but it will never be the same
again. I love you for eternity. Your son who loves you,
Adrien Forest
—
Letter Announcing My Death
Thanks to the affectionate complicity of my son Adrien, I am pleased to
announce my own passing. Yes, for some people I would have remained
until the last moment the whole artist that I have always been. Adored
by many, despised by some and ignored by most. My activity in art, which
I tried to renew every day I lived, gave full meaning to my life. In
this, I know that I have been filled with the very serious game of art,
to which I have devoted my entire life, and which has finally taught me
that money is by no means necessary to achieve one’s wildest dreams.
Certainly, for some people I am recognized as a permanent pioneer of its
forms, but the title that I deserve and claim most is to have been
probably one of the only artists in the world who put Ethics into
practice in the exercise of their art.
But I am not going to bore you any longer with idle words, when you
still have a thousand things to do yourself, to fill your own life...
Lying in this hole dug into the ground at Anserville near the M2
Territory, I will have all my time now to calmly think about what I am
doing tomorrow, my friends...
Fred Forest
—
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Forest
https://www.fredforest.org/book/html/en/bio_en.htm
https://www.fred-forest-archives.com/en
https://www.flusserstudies.net/person/fred-forest
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