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Today, I am just a butterfly sending you a sentence<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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No dia 15 de Abril de 2015, Josephine Witt, ativista \u201cfree-lancer\u201d, interrompe a confer\u00eancia de imprensa do Banco Central Europeu (BCE) atirando ao seu presidente, Mario Draghi, confettis e panfletos. Essa interven\u00e7\u00e3o, desde o momento em que a activista se levanta da primeira fila at\u00e9 ser levada pelos seguran\u00e7as, durou 23 segundos. As fotografias feitas pelos jornalistas presentes na sala v\u00e3o circular durante as pr\u00f3ximas 24 horas nas redes sociais, televis\u00f5es e imprensa do mundo inteiro. Esta publica\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 um ensaio visual experimental de Patr\u00edcia Almeida, baseado nas imagens fotogr\u00e1ficas desse evento encontradas na Internet.

O t\u00edtulo “Today, I am just a butterfly sending you a sentence”<\/em> \u00e9 uma cita\u00e7\u00e3o do manifesto de Josephine Witt contra o BCE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On April 15, 2015, Josephine Witt, a freelance political activist, interrupted the European Central Bank (ECB) press conference, throwing a shower of confetti and papers at its President, Mario Draghi. From the moment she leaves her seat until she is taken away by the security guards, 23 seconds pass. The photographs taken by the journalists present in the room will circulate over the next 24 hours on social networks, televisions and the press around the world. This publication is an experimental visual essay by Patr\u00edcia Almeida based on the photographic images found on the internet of this event.

The title “Today, I am just a butterfly sending you a sentence”<\/em> is a quote from Josephine Witt\u2019s manifesto against ECB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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