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Statues of Assange, Snowden And Manning Go Up in Berlin

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday May 03 2015, @02:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the fighting-tyranny dept.

Hugh Pickens writes:

RT Times reports that Alexanderplatz square in Berlin has become the stage for a provocative art piece which celebrates whistleblowers and encourages ordinary citizens to speak out. "They have lost their freedom for the truth, so they remind us how important it is to know the truth,” says sculptor Davide Dormino. The life-sized statues of the three whistleblowers stand upon three chairs, as if speaking in an impromptu public meeting. Next to them is a fourth, empty chair. "The fourth chair is open to anyone here in Berlin who wants to get up and say anything they want," says the artist. Dormino, who came up with the idea together with the US journalist Charles Glass, specifically chose a classical bronze statue for his depiction – and not an installation or abstract piece – since statues are usually made of establishment figures. According to Domino while men who order others to their deaths get immortalized, those who resist are often forgotten, so “the statue pays homage to three who said no to war, to the lies that lead to war and to the intrusion into private life that helps to perpetuate war.” Activists and members of Germany’s Green party unveiled the life-size bronze statues on May Day.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 03 2015, @03:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 03 2015, @03:56PM (#178136)

    What an unconscionable oversight. I'm boycotting this event.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 03 2015, @04:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 03 2015, @04:11PM (#178143)

    I doubt anyone in the general public in Europe knows who that chap is.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 03 2015, @04:20PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 03 2015, @04:20PM (#178146)

      Neither did anyone in the USA until he killed himself.

      I'm guessing that's part of why he did it.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 03 2015, @04:36PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 03 2015, @04:36PM (#178149)

        Yeah... since killing himself his life is soooo much better.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by wantkitteh on Sunday May 03 2015, @04:36PM

      by wantkitteh (3362) on Sunday May 03 2015, @04:36PM (#178150) Homepage Journal

      Not surprising - "American kid commits suicide due to heavy-handed prosecution" doesn't exactly do much for the evening news headlines outside America. Other countries have their own domestic issues to make the news. I only heard about it on tech news sites, zero newspaper/TV/radio coverage came to my attention (not that I watch a lot of channel TV or pay for newspapers)