Learn to unfriend creatively

Got too many friends on Facebook but scared to hurt people’s feelings? Help is at hand for you to ‘unfriend’ - the New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2009 “word of the year” -  people without the feeling of guilt or paranoia. American artist Brian Lobel (pictured) has come up with a bombastic solution, which he will explain in great detail at Ghent’s Creative Media Days: do it onstage with an audience, getting its members to give a “yay” or “nay” verdict for each of your friends! Unfriending  has become a real phenomenon in the US, and Lobel’s motivation is to turn something virtual and negative into a fun, real-life social event.