Israa Addel Fattah, Blogger
Jean-François Lemire
Born in Montreal in 1973
Lives and works in Montreal
From the series "Paranoia Pyramid"
2014
Ink-jet print on adhesive vinyl, 1/1
Courtesy of the artist
A blogger from the very first days of the Arab Spring in Egypt, Israa Addel Fattah was arrested in 2008, during Hosni Mubarak's presidency. This Internet activist was behind the hastag #wearebeingwatched, launched in response to the government's decision to put social media under surveillance. The banned, hunted, penalized and almost funereal dimentsion of this cyber-revolution is here given pride of place.
Israa Addel Fattah, Blogger
Jean-François Lemire
Born in Montreal in 1973
Lives and works in Montreal
From the series "Paranoia Pyramid"
2014
Ink-jet print on adhesive vinyl, 1/1
Courtesy of the artist
A blogger from the very first days of the Arab Spring in Egypt, Israa Addel Fattah was arrested in 2008, during Hosni Mubarak's presidency. This Internet activist was behind the hastag #wearebeingwatched, launched in response to the government's decision to put social media under surveillance. The banned, hunted, penalized and almost funereal dimentsion of this cyber-revolution is here given pride of place.