Culture jamming

Thousands of people around the world donned zombie costumes Saturday to mark World Zombie Day, a fundraiser to combat hunger that was filled with fake blood and braaaaiiiins.

Sometimes it is best to follow global news to understand the real workings of any phenomenon. Social media is a strong tool in Turkey, but it is mostly used for negative effects.  Aside from animal rights activists who are very organized in Turkey, no one seems to create a positive change because everything is very political and all the political parties use trolls very effectively. 

According to Wikipedia: "In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal, on-topi

The works made by the artist known as Banksy are displayed for the first time in Rome’s Palazzo Cipolla Museum.

The unique exhibitions, titled War, Capitalism and Liberty, features works taken from private international collections, which look at social and political events through the irreverent artistic eye of the author.

British street artist Banksy's only known surviving work in Italy, a Naples mural entitled "Madonna with a pistol," has been placed under a protective cover in the hope of preserving it.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has exposed "The Art of Banksy," an exhibition in Istanbul bringing together 80 works by the British street artist Banksy in an "unofficial retrospective."

Banksy's recent exhibition in Istanbul, 'The Art of Banksy,' came as a huge surprise with its astronomical entrance fee, live enactments of his work and celebrity guests hoping to be 'seen' in a Banksy exhibition"When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires." That's how the most famous, ever-elusive British graffiti artist and politi

The other evening, at 7:30 p.m., on Kemanke? Street in Istanbul's Karaköy district, there was a huge crowd in front of the "Global Karaköy" building.

The opening of an exhibition by the world's most famous street artist, Banksy, was in progress. The first comers were me, as a huge Banksy fan, and daily Hürriyet writer Kanat Atkaya.  

'The Art of Banksy,' which presents unforgettable art pieces by famous street artist Banksy, opened in Istanbul on Jan 13 for the first time in the worldAn exhibition, which brings together famous works by mysterious graffiti artist Banksy (his real identity is unknown) made its world premiere in Istanbul on Jan. 13 at an exhibition titled "The Art of Banksy."

Members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot are in Bulgaria for several days, media outlets report.

A photo has meanwhile appeared on social media, uploaded by blogger and activist Ivo Bozhkov, which shows Tolokonnikova against the background of the Soviet Army Monument in downtown Sofia, Bulgaria.