Space & Culture

Archive for February, 2005

Mass Consumption

Friday, February 25th, 2005

“Our consumerism holds an anesthetizing kind of mob mentality; collectively we are committing a vast and unsustainable act of taking, but we each are anonymous and no one is in charge or accountable for the consequences… So perhaps my photographs can serve as portals to a kind of cultural self-reflection. It may not be the […]

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Beijing’s Democracy Wall

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005

Wei Jingsheng : “Democracy Wall was located in central Beijing on Xidan street, right next to a busy bus terminal. Before becoming the centerpiece of a political movement, the wall had served as a mundane bulletin board. But in 1979 it emerged as a popular venue for people to meet and discuss ideas. Soon citizens […]

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