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What Gets Broken, What Gets Saved, Part 2: Syria on Screen

This is part two in a series of blog posts about the anxious political moment on the eve of the second Trump presidency, and how it’s reminding me of Documenta 13 (in 2012) with its themes of destruction, survival, and renewal. Documenta is an exhibition that happens every five years in Kassel, Germany. Part 1ContinueContinue reading “What Gets Broken, What Gets Saved, Part 2: Syria on Screen”

First Person History – Social Imaging in the Euromaidan Protests and Beyond

With the rapid rise in popularity of image-based social networks such as Instagram, the production and dissemination of political content on social media is becoming an increasingly visual activity. Throughout the Arab Spring and subsequent political upheavals, images captured and shared through cell phones played a key role in the way protest movements conceive ofContinueContinue reading “First Person History – Social Imaging in the Euromaidan Protests and Beyond”