[Paris, France]

Claude Closky

Talk-Show

A radio station by Claude Closky in which five individuals transport the listener into the realm of TV news, where the public personas of political figures are established through the act of delivering certain phrases. Who are these protagonists, who so often play their roles in a language that seems foreign to them? By focusing on English, Closky draws on theories from thinkers such as Alastair Pennycook and Jan Blommaert, who examine the language’s status on a global scale—a lingua franca wielded to construct identities and assert power relations.