Ars Electronica Festival · 2008
The Ahmad Sherif Project
by Ahmad Sherif
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2008
“The Ahmad Sherif Project” by Ahmad Sherif received a Honorary Mention in the Hybrid Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2008.
The “Ahmad Sherif Project” started on January 19, 2007, in a country overtly described abroad as a police state, which censors, intimidates and brutally punishes the authors of any form of expression it would consider “libelous”.
About Ahmad Sherif
Ahmad Sherif is a fictitious character. The author of the Ahmad Sherif Project is a new-media fine arts graduate, simultaneously involved in a variety of fields: writing and Publishing (essays on the effects of new media on society, economy, knowledge…
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