THE PIXELATED REVOLUTION

The images of the Syrian Revolution, taken with mobile phones and spread on social media, are the starting point to reflect on their relation with the bodies pictured in those moments of conflict.

“It all started with this sentence: ‘The Syrian protesters are recording their own deaths.’ This sentence really struck me. I thought, how could the Syrians be documenting their own deaths when they are struggling for a better future, when they are revolting against death itself – both moral and physical death – when they are fighting for life itself? Are they really shooting their own deaths? The idea intrigued me. This is how I found myself on the Internet navigating from one site to another, searching for facts, evidence that could tell me more about death in Syria today. I wanted to see and I wanted to know more, although, we all know that this world, the Internet, is constantly changing and evolving. It is an impure and corrupt world, full of rumors and unspoken words. Nevertheless, it is still a world of temptation and seduction, of lust and deceit and of betrayal.”