10.17.2013

Better Out Than In

The notorious street artist known as Banksy is currently producing works throughout New York City on a "open air residency."  Among his many funny and cutting pieces are several that may interest us in this class, including these two:
This second piece, includes an audioguide (which is available here).  The work references an incident from 2007 in Iraq, in which an Apache helicopter (call sign Crazyhorse) fired on a gathering of civilians, children, and two Reuters reporters.   The video footage was released by Wikileaks and Prvt Chelsea Manning.  More HERE

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