It is the day of “La Bulle”, the meeting point of our podcast Wait a minute ! in which we talk about us, about ourselves. We exchange in this episode with the video artist
Irvin Anneix about teenage diaries. Since 2013, the young man has collected around 5,000 writings, mainly via communities of writers on social networks, for his transmedia project ”
Teenage Words “. In particular, he had other teens read messages, facing the camera, and
a movie and various videos posted on YouTube and on its website.
A book, Teenage Words, a collection of teenage diaries, documented reproductions of writings, letters, drawings, photos and screenshots, was recently published at
Hoëbeke editions (16.90 euros). He restores adolescent writings that evoke the first times, existential, identity, sexual questions, the family, the weight of standards, differences …
Friendship, love, discomfort?
What is the specificity of adolescent writings, compared to the diaries of adults? Do these journals have a therapeutic ambition, as was the case for the author? How important is discomfort in these writings? Social networks, through visual and written documentation of his life, do they sign the end of adolescent diaries? These are the questions asked to Irvin Anneix and the answers to which can be found free of charge above.
This podcast is enriched with sound clips of adolescents reading intimate writings, taken from the movie Teenage Words by Irvin Anneix. In this episode, the artist returns in particular to what these writings reveal, to his personal quest and questions of identity.
What individual and shared experiences?
What about you, do you write, or did you write a diary as a teenager? Have you continued since? If you have already reread it, what do you get out of it? Did this newspaper constitute a support for you? Write us in the comments!
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