In June 2023, reports appeared on social networks that one of the main Parisian monuments was decorated with a six -color rainbow on the occasion of the month of pride. The proof was the video that we checked for reliability.
In early June, a 12-second video was encouraged on the Internet, which shows a triumphal arch surrounded by a giant rainbow, as if emerging from an artificial cloud with a French inscription: “Marche des Fiertes” (“Marsh of Pride”). The video was removed from two different angles: as if from a moving car and from the roadside. The authors of some Russian -speaking publications believe that in this way the French authorities disfigured the attraction, and remindthat they began to build it even by order of Napoleon Bonaparte (completed only in 1836) and that the remains of an unknown soldier who died during the First World War were buried under the arches. In this regard, in posts you can find comments that “Napoleon rotates in the coffin” and that people should go to the rally against such “disgrace”.
Similar publications can be found in Telegram channels, among which "Sanya in Florida"(359,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Ivan Utenkov"(110 000),"Special operation z"(89,000),"Skabeeva"(83,000),"Rhymes and trash"(70,000),"SRF"(50,000),"Russia now"(45,000) and"What is going on?"(36,000). On VKontakte about the rainbow around the monument, the verified publics of the magazine wrote "Television program"And publications"Ukraine.ru", As well as numerous users of social networks (examples here, here And here), but the most popular was the record in the public "KB"(424,000 views). Similar posts are found in Twitter, Facebook* And "Zen", About the unusual design of the triumphal arch, and some news sites and the media, such as the Belarusian television channel ONT And "Politicus".
Every year on June 1, in many countries, the month of the pride begins, or a month of pride (Pride Month) during which various processions, festivals and educational events are held, dedicated to the struggle of representatives of the LGBT community for their rights. For example, in Paris this year the mentioned march of pride will pass June 24.
“Verified” watched the records of city surveillance cameras established in Paris, which anyone can familiarize themselves with and in the lens of which gets Triumphal arch. At least on June 7 and 8, there was no installation with a rainbow around the monument. Our colleagues from the project Les Observateurs The France24 TV channel found out that there were no rainbows on June 1-2. In addition, the Center for National Monuments of France confirmed Newtral, that the viral video is not true.
At the beginning of the distributed roller on one of the supports of the arch, a round logo with a six -color rainbow and the word Paint is visible. If you enter a request in the Google search line "Paint LGBT", Then the first results of the issuance will be media resources called Paint - it covers the problems of LGBT+representatives.
The video with the triumphal arch “Checked” was found on Instagram*-account Paint, where the recording was Published June 1, 2023. The publication is posted together with the user under the nickname Origifulwho thanked Paint for the help of creating a video. According to the profile, the author of the video is the name of Ian Padgam, and the description of his page reads: “A video artist from California, living in France. I love surrealism, travel and art history. ”
French factor We talked With Padgam, who confirmed his authorship and said that he himself contacted Paint and offered cooperation. “This video was created in about three days using several different programs. I acted in the same way as in all my videos: first I shot real personnel on the street, and then added what came to my mind, ”said the 3D artist. Associated Press he explainedthat real personnel were recorded during a taxi trip, and the rainbow was added using the AFTER Effects and Cinema 4D programs. And in a conversation with Reuters artist ClarifiedThat no one lobbied or sponsored his work.
There are other similar works on Pedgam's page on Instagram: for example, one video shows Big tower beig-Ben, and in another of The pyramids of the Louvre fly out Many balloons.
In an interview with Les Observateurs Padgam told: “We are experiencing an important point in the history of digital content, when the number of works created by artificial intelligence is growing. And we live in an era when you can do more and more realistic things without leaving home. I try to create positive emotions, but, unfortunately, I see that it is not always possible to completely control your message. ” At the same time, in the comments under his video on Twitter, Schools 3 million views, author explainedthat I did not use AI himself.
Thus, bloggers and network users who were outraged by the appearance of installations with a rainbow flag on the triumphal arch in Paris, took a video created using computer graphics as real personnel. At the same time, the author of the video did not hide the fact that the art object dedicated to the month of pride does not exist in reality.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
Photo on the cover: @origiful / @paint.officiel
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