IGFM: Blacklighter

All over the world, governments exert too much control over the press. Jung von Matt/ Alster, Hamburg were asked to draw attention to these violations of the right to free speech, and to do it as cheaply as possible, since the International Society for Human Rights needs every cent it has for the battle against censorship.The bright yellow ink of a highlighter pen was sunstituted with dense, black ink and distributed to journalists attending a press conference held by the ISHR on the subject of 'Freedom of the press at the 2008 Olympic Games'. Instead of highlighting a text, the marking pens left behind a censor bar on the paper.