The square

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The Square is a response to the events of early 2011 that became known as The Arab Spring. Confronting us with an array of reactions and impressions displaced from their original context, The Square asks us to reappraise our own relationship with dissent, democracy and revolution and responds to the increasing importance of online social networking sites to those demanding an alternative future for themselves and their country.