http://dvisible.com/2008/08/18/the-ethics-of-art-in-the-celebration-of-olympics/ Dvisible is an international creative design magazine with a focus on graphic arts, architecture, fashion, branding, fine art and photography. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:20:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 http://dvisible.com/2008/08/18/the-ethics-of-art-in-the-celebration-of-olympics/#comment-77427 The Ethics of Art in the Celebration of Olympics | aboutCREATION Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:50:00 +0000 http://dvisible.com/2008/08/18/the-ethics-of-art-in-the-celebration-of-olympics/#comment-77427 [...] According to the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, an NGO based in Geneva, 1.5 million people were forcefully displaced by Olympics related construction. These people were primarily displaced for city ‘beautification’, improvements to city infrastructure and to create space for the newly designed and constructed Olympic venues. (more…) [...] […] According to the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, an NGO based in Geneva, 1.5 million people were forcefully displaced by Olympics related construction. These people were primarily displaced for city ‘beautification’, improvements to city infrastructure and to create space for the newly designed and constructed Olympic venues. (more…) […]

]]> http://dvisible.com/2008/08/18/the-ethics-of-art-in-the-celebration-of-olympics/#comment-83559 guest Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:41:13 +0000 http://dvisible.com/2008/08/18/the-ethics-of-art-in-the-celebration-of-olympics/#comment-83559 I agree with some aspects of this article, in the way that Human Rights are being violated by displacing these people from the homes. However, the most ironic part about this article is your choice of implication that in a "democratic state" $43 billion will be spent social disparity and the less unfortunate, when in the USA $800 billion has been spent on the war in IRAQ. What does democratic" mean nowadays? All things considered, even if people were displaced due to the construction of Bird Nest, not that it is in anyway ethical, next to the people that were killed in the war, we can still fix it. I agree with some aspects of this article, in the way that Human Rights
are being violated by displacing these people from the homes.
However, the most ironic part about this article is your choice of implication
that in a “democratic state” $43 billion will be spent social disparity and
the less unfortunate, when in the USA $800 billion has been spent on the war in IRAQ.
What does democratic” mean nowadays? All things considered, even if people were
displaced due to the construction of Bird Nest,
not that it is in anyway ethical, next to the people that were killed in the war,
we can still fix it.

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