Digital Public Space

Source: @ShowDiscontent

“Détournement is a game made possible by the capacity of devaluation”

“As a gathering place, Taksim is the equivalent of London’s Trafalgar Square, the Place de la Bastille in Paris, Kiev’s Nezalezhnosti (Independence) Square, Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, and Cairo’s Tahrir Square. It serves a similar function as London’s Hyde Park and New York City’s Central Park for the residents of Istanbul. Aside from its ecological value and aesthetics, it has historically been an important and indispensable spot for political and social rallies and protests of all stripes and colours. Traditionally, Turkey’s largest May Day rallies take place in Taksim and it is an important gathering place for Turkish trade unionists and activists.”

Iconic photo of the #Gezi protestor #WomaninRed replayed by Lego figures 

Turkish flag manipulated

Emojis explaining what happened in #OccupyGezi

Graffiti using #Gezi slang chapuling - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapulling

Digital Image - Translation: “This gas is delicious, man!”

Street art using #OccupyGezi symbols

“Twitter was officially labeled as a "troublemaker" by the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan after the start of the protests as it was instrumental in distributing information for the protestors in a time when the traditional media practiced self-censorship.”

http://carnegie.org/publications/carnegie-reporter/single/view/article/item/335/

Spanish citizens held the first hologram protest in history in order to protest without violating the new draconian guidelines of the National Security Act, the new amendments to the Penal Code and the Anti-terror law. Your browser does not support iframes. According to the recently approved “triad gag“, the citizens of Spain cannot protest againstRead More

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