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VIDEO: SMSlingshot brings urban digital graffiti to Cairo

Rowan El Shimi, Wednesday 24 Apr 2013

In short-lived digital graffiti messages, SMSlingshot arms the public with digital slingshots to resist street advertising by private companies

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SMSlingshot in Downtown Cairo (Photo: still from video)

As part of the visual arts programme of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF), VR/URBAN collective from Germany bring SMSlingshot to Cairo as a tool for public space freedom and to reclaim the streets from private company advertising.

Read more on D-CAF here and find the full programme of the festival here.

 

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