Hong Kong’s Apple Daily Archives, by artist Kevin Abosch. to be led

From June 20, 1995 to June 23, 2021, Hong Kongers worried about China’s growing influence in the Special Administrative Region had at least one local media outlet in their corner.

Apple daily known for its pro-democracy stance by not reporting sensational tabloids – two editorial innovations that set it apart from most other Hong Kong media at the time.

And although the publication survived the raid on its offices in 2020 when the CEO, CEO, editor-in-chief and other executives were arrested by police on June 17, 2021 on suspicion of violating Article 29, 2020 became a Hong Kong law Adopted with the support of the Chinese government, which prevents “collusion with external forces that endanger national security”. Apple daily Fulfills.

But Irish artist Kevin Abosch still wants to make sure of that Apple daily away, it will not be forgotten.

His new work of art, INDEPENDENCE, is a USB stick with more than 11,000 items Apple daily, as well as an executable file that can be used to start a Koii node that is secured by the Arweave blockchain.

“The fight to protect press freedom is being waged with technological weapons,” said Abosch

Various organizations, including Reporters Without Borders, are filed alleging that the national security law in question was “used by the Hong Kong government to eradicate an iconic figure of press freedom.” A European Union spokesman for foreign affairs and security said the closure Apple daily “Seriously undermining the freedom and pluralism of the media, essential to any free and open society.

“It is understandable that autocrats fear decentralized technology because they fear everything that they cannot absolutely control,” said Abosch of the China-controlled “Hong Kong government”.

“INDEPENDENCE Not just an artistic intervention – it’s a proof of concept for a weapon designed to thwart journalists’ censorship. “

Abosch has become a popular artist in the field of cryptography, best known for his experiments in cryptography and cryptography. Before that he said Cointelegraph “My truth and the promise of cryptocurrency is that privacy is a human right.”

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This is his second collaboration with Koii Labs, developing a decentralized protocol for high volume, transparent operations in areas such as public repository management, digital media rights systems and reputation system.

Al Morris, founder of Koii, says, “Whether the conflict is armed or cultural, the history books are often written by the prevailing power. Decentralized technology enables the voices of everyone involved in human struggle to perpetuate their experience. “

Abosch previously discussed plans to equip a rotating CubeSat with a Koii node to provide researchers with climate maps. He was then too Disclosure that he encoded a reference to the location of the Uighur ‘concentration camps’ in Xinjiang in a work of art that he presented to the National Museum of China in Beijing.

Abosch also includes an encrypted key that suggests possession of non-fungible tokens (NFT) and a number of hacking tools INDEPENDENCE Driving “can be helpful under certain circumstances”.

The artworks will be on display at the Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in London from July 9th to August 6th, 2021.