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• Hong Kong memorial to Tiananmen Square victims is removed

  22-12-2021 23:14
  
  Site of Pillar of Shame at Hong Kong University is under guard after workmen dismantled statueHong Kong’s oldest university has removed a statue mourning those killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 and posted guards at the site where it has stood for more than 20 years.The 8-metre-tall Pillar of Shame by the Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt was one of the few remaining public memorials in the territory commemorating the bloody crackdown that is a taboo topic in mainland C
  
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• Hong Kong memorial to Tiananmen victims may be imminently removed

  22-12-2021 19:08
  
  Hong Kong Universityordered the removal of the statue Pillar of Shame from its campus in OctoberHong Kong’s oldest university erected security barriers around a statue mourning those killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 and posted guards at the site late on Wednesday, in a move that prompted fears of the artwork’s imminent removal.The 8-metre-high Pillar of Shame by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt has sat on the University of Hong Kong (HKU) campus since 1997, the
  
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• Pandemic park life and a secret knitting cult: the best photography books of 2021

  22-12-2021 16:00
  
  From meditative portraits that nod at the Dutch old masters to an incendiary, epic exploration of the Troubles, these are the volumes that resonated this yearMore on the best culture of 2021The photography book that I returned to more than any other this year was Encampment Wyoming by Lora Webb Nichols, an extraordinary record of life in a US frontier community in the early 20th century. Comprised of photographs by Nichols and other local amateur photographers, it emanates a powerful sense of pl
  
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• ‘I go too far, too deep’: the Swiss wanderer who found the soul of Japan

  22-12-2021 08:00
  
  In 1951, Werner Bischof was sent to cover the war in Korea. Thephotographer instead found himself captivated by Japan, where US soldiers took their leave, and spent a year exploring ‘the depths of the Japanese soul’ Continue reading...
  
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• Program Director

  22-12-2021 06:03 via artsjournal.com
  Purpose of Position:The Program Director plays a key role on the senior leadership team at the Fine Arts Work Center and is responsible for ensuring programmatic excellence across the Work Center’s programmatic, community engagement, and partnership offerings. Specifically, the Program Director oversees the implementation of several signature initiatives at the Fine Arts Work Center, including the eleven-week Summer Workshop Program, ongoing online writing program 24PearlStreet, and free y
  
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• My Life As A Cyborg

  22-12-2021 00:01 via wired.com
  
  My elevator pitch goes something like this: “I know you think cyborgs are always imminent. But not here yet. However, I am a cyborg. And cyborgs are first and foremost disabled people. We’re the ones who have a fundamental interface with tech. – Wired
  
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