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Comemoração inusitada do aniversário de Orwell

Artistas holandeses celebram o aniversário de George Orwell colocando chapéus de aniversário em câmeras de vigilância Dia 26 de junho, câmeras de vigilância do centro da cidade de Utrecht, localizada nos Países Baixos, foram decoradas com chapéus de aniversário coloridos. Essa ação inusitada é em comemoração do 111º aniversário de nascimento de George Orwell. Essa ação é promovida por Duo art duo,…

Dutch artists Thomas voor't Hekke and Bas van Oerle (collectively known as FRONT404) celebrated George Orwell's 110th birthday by topping local surveillance cameras with party hats. "By putting these happy party hats on the surveillance cameras," they wrote, "we don’t just celebrate Orwell’s birthday. By making these inconspicuous cameras that we ignore in our daily lives catch the eye again, we also create awareness of how many cameras really watch us nowadays, and that the surveillance state described by Orwell is getting closer and closer to reality."

Dutch Artists Celebrate George Orwell’s Birthday By Putting Party Hats On Surveillance Cameras

On Tuesday, surveillance cameras in the center of the city of Utrecht were decorated with colorful party hats to celebrate the 110th birthday of George Orwell, Dutch art duo Front404 explained on their website.

“George Orwell is best known for his book ‘1984’, in which he describes a dystopian future society where the populace is constantly watched by the surveillance state of Big Brother.”Front404 is the collaborative work of artists Thomas voor ‘t Hekke and Bas van Oerle. You can see the rest of these images on the artists’ webpage or on theFront404 Facebook page._

Surveillance Cameras Don Party Hats To Celebrate George Orwell’s Birthday

To celebrate the 110th birthday of famed author George Orwell, best known for his dystopian novel 1984, the Dutch artists at Front404 have decorated surveillance cameras in the city Utrecht with colorful party hats.

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