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“We need a powerful cementing force to strengthen our resolve: That is the Goddess of Democracy. Democracy…You are the symbol of every student in the Square, of the hearts of millions of people. …Today, here in the People’s Square, the people’s Goddess stands tall and announces to the whole world: A consciousness of democracy has awakened among the Chinese people! The new era has begun! … Erect the statue of the Goddess of Democracy in your millions of hearts! Long live the people! Long live freedom! Long live democracy!”
Doing the Tank Man Tango at the Substation. Shortly after taking this picture, I put down my camera and bag, then picked up my own pair of red plastic bags to join in. I really liked every aspect of the piece, from the concept (Deborah Kelly) to the video (Sven Simulacrum), choreography (Jane McKernan) and dance/performance (Teik Kim Pok). I was thinking of asking organiser May Ee why they didn’t have guestbook-sort things like in other memorial services, but then it occurred to me that, just like Tank Man himself, it wasn’t necessary to leave a word or name at all - the act was more important, and for us, the fact of having participated among others - strangers probably, but who shared something a little more in that moment of synchronised movement. Link: http://www.forget2forget.com/
