In a few days, the website www.claque-a-fogiel.com will have reached 5 million slaps in just under a year. Here is a brief explanation of this new kind of performance.
A year ago, the Niçoise painter METCUC, a dynamic 26-year-old woman, launched a new kind of performance art. Occasionally putting down her paintbrush to skillfully, subtly, and humorously wield the mouse, she created the site www.claque-a-fogiel.com. METCUC aimed her critique at television and its hosts, specifically targeting Marc Olivier FOGIEL, the famous host of the Sunday night show “On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde” broadcast on France 3.
Her frustration is expressed through a website featuring a realistic caricature of the host, who can be slapped at will in various ways. METCUC emphasizes that the site does not advocate violence or hatred. It represents a need for responses from viewers who feel intellectually held hostage by a television that has lost its appeal. This new form of TV consumption aims to stay at the top of the ratings by mixing in new types of shows like reality TV, and where television entertainment increasingly dominates the programming schedule at the expense of more cultural but less watched programs.
Since the website’s launch, shaped by the SMS messages from viewers during the show, visitors leave many messages with each visit, and between two slaps, here are some examples of postscripts:
– “You think you’re untouchable, take that,”
– “That’ll teach you to not let people speak,”
– “He should have known that biting too much, you eventually break your teeth,”
– “Just stop interrupting people,” “I’ve been dreaming of this for ages!”
But Marc Olivier FOGIEL is not the only host or public figure to be criticized; sometimes, visitors also vent about Thierry ARDISSON, CAUET… and Guyyyyyyyeuhhhhh Carlier!
It’s not unusual to see visitors from Belgium or Switzerland thanks to strong press coverage in these countries… and also because of excellent SEO on Google. Indeed, searching for the word “fogiel” on the most popular search engine, the site appears on the first page in three positions after the show’s website “On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde” and the official fan club website of Marc Olivier FOGIEL.
However, METCUC won’t stop there with mastering new technologies, as she is already preparing another performance, this time photographic, for September. So, the rendezvous is set for fans and lovers of this young artist from Nice at the Ferrero Gallery.
And wham, one last slap for the road!
