Ars Electronica Festival · 2012
Dark Glasses. Portrait
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 2012
“Dark Glasses. Portrait” by an uncredited artist received an Award of Distinction in the Digital Communities category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2012.
_Dark Glasses. Portrait_ is an online campaign to support Chen Guancheng and calling for his freedeom. Chen Guangcheng is a blind civil-rights activist. He exposed the violent treatment of villagers during local-government implementation of China’s one-child policy in Linyi, Shandong province.
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