http://www.punkplanet.com/taxonomy/term/745/0 en http://www.punkplanet.com/anne_elizabeth_moore/blog/sanctuary_for_independent_media_closed_art_freedom_democracy_series_linked_to_terrorism <p>My Chicago associate here Wafaa Bilal's been doing a residency at RPI. As an Iraqi-born political artist, his work attracts a fair amount of attention. But his most recent project, a videogame called Virtual Jihad, was shut down TWICE (the second time got our friends at the Sancutary for Independent Media cited for specious code violations, that you can hear if you visit <a href="http://www.mediasanctuary.org" />their site.</a>; they've also had a hand in <a href="http://rpi.freeculture.org/wiki/Wafaa_Bilal%27s_%22Virtual_Jihadi%22_exhibit_at_RPI"> a wiki</a> which gives a fairly balanced account of how things have been going.)</p> <p><a href="http://www.punkplanet.com/anne_elizabeth_moore/blog/sanctuary_for_independent_media_closed_art_freedom_democracy_series_linked_to_terrorism">read more</a></p> http://www.punkplanet.com/anne_elizabeth_moore/blog/sanctuary_for_independent_media_closed_art_freedom_democracy_series_linked_to_terrorism#comment art democracy independent media Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:58:42 -0400 anne elizabeth moore 3991 at http://www.punkplanet.com