the zapatista wi-fi rebellion

organized by gloria galvez with navel, los angeles

inspired by the digital presence of zapatistas on the internet as a phenomenon with massive possibilities for broad-based resistance beyond mexico, the zapatista wi-fi rebellion was a program that aimed to educate and activate audiences around rebellious internet usage in corporate imperial cyberspace. it consisted of an exhibition titled glitching the system, a screening of the sixth sun: mayan uprising in chiapas followed by a skype with artist skawennati, lectures by fran ilich and daniela lieja quintanar, and workshop and zine by color codedthe zapatista wi-fi rebellion  was the third installment in navel’s program series the new internet commons.