Project

Protest, Symbol and Web Browser

Nataša Ilec

Vol. 4, no. 2
2019
August 24, 2020

Nataša Ilec (1992) is currently enrolled in Master’s studies of photography at Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. She takes interest in theoretical and philosophical aspects of the photographic medium and has also participated in a few group exhibitions (NovaF: 2013, Overlook / Photonic Moments: 2014, Flâneur: 2015, ISO0 / Photonic Moments: 2016, 25 Images / Berlin: 2017, Stičišče / MOL: 2019, FUGA / UL ALUO+FA: 2019, Cyanotypical: 2019, Svaka čast: 2019, Create a work which is not yours: 2019). Ilec curated her first exhibition, Mejniki, in 2017. She has been collaborating, contributing and translating for Membrana since 2017. Her free time passion is bookbinding.

Free the Nipple

Campaign against the unequal perception of naked male and female bodies created in 2012 as the pre-production for Lina Esco’s documentary film by the same name.

Flowers for Soldiers

The gesture of American pacifists against the continuation of the Vietnam War from the 1967 march on the Pentagon, Washington.

Yellow Vests

The French movement that began in October 2018 following an increase in fuel prices and continued as the demand for a political and social reform.

Rainbow Flag

The colors of the rainbow flag stand for the diversity and variety in the LGBT community.

Blue for Sudan

The display of solidarity with the murdered protesters in the Sudanese Revolution by changing profile pictures on social media to blue.

Red Berets

To oust presidential hopeful Bobi Wine, President of Uganda Museveni declared the red beret as national property and its wearing punishable with jail time.

Nataša Ilec: Protest, Symbol, and Web Browser. Google image search. Search word: “Free the Nipple”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019. — Google image search. Search word: “Free the Nipple”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019.

Nataša Ilec: Protest, Symbol, and Web Browser. Google image search. Search word: “Flowers for Soldiers”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019. — Google image search. Search word: “Flowers for Soldiers”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019.

Nataša Ilec: Protest, Symbol, and Web Browser. Google image search. Search word: “Yellow Vests”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019. — Google image search. Search word: “Yellow Vests”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019.

Nataša Ilec: Protest, Symbol, and Web Browser. Google image search. Search word: “Rainbow Flag”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019. — Google image search. Search word: “Rainbow Flag”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019.

Nataša Ilec: Protest, Symbol, and Web Browser. Google image search. Search word: “Blue for Sudan”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019. — Google image search. Search word: “Blue for Sudan”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019.

Nataša Ilec: Protest, Symbol, and Web Browser. Google image search. Search word: “Red Berets”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019. — Google image search. Search word: “Red Berets”. Screen shot, November 28, 2019.

Cover photo: Nataša Ilec: Protest, Symbol, and Web Browser. Google image search. Search word: “Yellow Vests”.

Symbols of protest and their Google search appearances.

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