Deep Inspection
“The Iranian regime has developed, with the assistance of European telecommunications companies, one of the world’s most sophisticated mechanisms for controlling and censoring the Internet, allowing it to examine the content of individual online communications on a massive scale.”
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If the world were a village of 100 people
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Shoot an Iraqi - The Art of Wafaa Bilal
Wafaa Bilal is an Iraqi multimedia artist who achieved global fame with his work, “Domestic Tension,” during which he lived for a month inside a cage with a remote-controlled paintball gun that visitors from the internet could control to shoot - or not shoot at the artist. While some visitors used the gun to actively pursue and shoot at Bilal, others took turns to “hijack” the system so that the artist could get sleep, rest, etc. In my opinion, it is one of the greatest artistic comments on the recent spate of conflicts in the Middle East. This, however, is not Bilal’s only work. Make sure you visit the artist’s web site for a comprehensive tour of his work, including complete recreations of the houses and rooms destroyed by war in Iraq. Make sure you look at the latest issue of COLORS magazine to see more of Wafaa’s work.
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Get rid of your old cellphone
Here is the deal: you send these guys your old cellphone and they make sure it reaches migrants at the edge of the European Union.
The result is a media-art project that not only makes technology re-usable but gives Moroccan youth a chance to tell their stories, reach out for help and form a stronger community.
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Strange Maps
The map on this picture shows the number of patients per doctor in in various parts of the world, but the breathtaking collection at Strange Maps is home to thousands of more interesting, enlightening, humorous or just plain weird maps. What if Italy had won World War 2? A map of the “Hollow Earth.” A detailed chart showing all the places in Europe “where goblins live.” These are just some of the maps and charts featured in this truly original selection.
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L’Aquila, 3:32 am
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The Brick Testament
The Brick Testament is an ambitious project by Brendan Powell Smith that aims to recreate the entire Bible, verse by verse, with figures and dioramas made from Lego bricks. Since going online in 2007, the Brick Testament has also been published as books. The books and the website have been extremely popular among The Brick Testament’s thousands of fans, religious and non-religious alike.
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