30 Days of Running in the Place’
54th International Venice Biennale pays tribute to Ahmed Basiouny, Egyptian artist and revolutionary martyr. Ahmed Basiouny, multi-media artist and martyr of the 25 January revolution, will represent Egypt in a solo exhibition at the 54th Venice Biennale. Basiouny, who left a wife and two children, was shot by sniper fire and then crushed under a police car in Tahrir Square on the third day of Egypt’s 18-day revolution. He quickly became a potent symbol to protestors of the sacrifices they had to endure in the course of their struggle.
54th International Venice Biennale pays tribute to Ahmed Basiouny, Egyptian artist and revolutionary martyr. Ahmed Basiouny, multi-media artist and martyr of the 25 January revolution, will represent Egypt in a solo exhibition at the 54th Venice Biennale. Basiouny, who left a wife and two children, was shot by sniper fire and then crushed under a police car in Tahrir Square on the third day of Egypt’s 18-day revolution. He quickly became a potent symbol to protestors of the sacrifices they had to endure in the course of their struggle.
“Please, O Father, O Mother, O Youth, O Student, O Citizen, O Senier, and O more. You know this is our last chance for our dignity, the last chance to chance the regime that has lasted the past 30 years. Go down to the streets, and revolt, bring your food, your clothes, your zater, masks and tissues, and a vinegar bottle, and believe me, there is but one very small step left… If they want war, we want peace, and I will practive proper restraint until the end, re regain ny nation’s dignity” . Wrote Ahmed Basiouny on facebook the day before he died.
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