This is an aside titled 'Amnesty International’s Traveling Gitmo Cell' dated 6/26/08
Subtopia enthusiastically writes about Amnesty International’s Counter Terrorism With Justice campaign — a scaled replica of a Guantanamo Bay maximum security isolation cell traveling the country. Visitors are encouraged to experience isolation and share their thoughts in video (Flickr set.) Great post on the “symbolic implication of the replica cell itself, as if it were a mobile unit of detention being put on real display at a trade show or something, selling its exportability, strapped down on the back of some shipping vehicle as simply as any old box of trade goods, or a prefab architecture kit.” Amnesty has done such a great job using public space to deliver their message. This follows their famous (and best campaign) using transparent billboards as an example of to effectively get the message out to a mass audience.
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