Reenactment: Gandhi’s March to Dandi -The Salt Satyagraha Online

Submitted by mandiberg on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 21:09.
03/12/2008 - 12:00
03/12/2008 - 18:00
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Dates: Wednesday, March 12 – Sunday, April 6 | Rest days: March 17, 24, 31.
Time: 12 – 6PM daily
Location: Eyebeam
Cost: Free

 

Over a period of 26 days, using a treadmill customized for cyberspace, Eyebeam 2008 Commissioned Artist Joseph DeLappe will reenact Mahatma Gandhi’s famous 1930s Salt March, a 240-mile protest in response to the British salt tax, live and in Second Life, the Internet-based virtual world.