Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Back on June 25th, Artists In Utrecht Netherlands Celebrated George Orwell's Birthday In a Clever Way...












Sent in by reader John in this email:



I LOVE THIS ONE!
A group of Dutch artists celebrated George Orwell's birthday on June 25th by putting party hats on surveillance cameras around the city of Utrecht.

http://front404.com/george-orwells-birthday-party/
I can't think of a better thing to start as a tradition, especially coming so close to the 4th of July.

Cordially,
John



From the link is this description:

On tuesday the 25th of June, to celebrate the 110th birthday of George Orwell, surveillance cameras in the center of the city of Utrecht were decorated with colorful party hats!
George Orwell is best known for his book ‘1984’, in which he describes a dystopian future society where the populace is constantly watched by the surveillance state of Big Brother.
By putting these happy party hats on the surveillance cameras we don’t just celebrate Orwell’s birthday. By making these inconspicuous cameras that we ignore in our daily lives catch the eye again we also create awareness of how many cameras really watch us nowadays, and that the surveillance state described by Orwell is getting closer and closer to reality.



More HERE

2 comments:

  1. It's either that or Little Big Horn.

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  2. They should have disabled or destroyed them.

    But I am glad to see that even in statist-loving Europe, libertarianism is growing.

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