Visite aux armées : Tourismes de guerre = Back to The Front : Tourisms of War

For the presentation of an installation in Normandie through which architects/artists Diller and Scofidio question the fabrication of the aura and the authenticity of American historical tourist sites, the texts (including one short story) probe the multi-levelled connections between war and tourism, the D-Day landings of 1944, the hyper-mediatisation of conflicts, the history of perspective, the function of memorials, etc. Biographical notes on the artists and the five essayists. 109 bibl. ref