Illustration for the Islands in the Net exhibition and website, curated by Lior Zalmanson and Shira Benyemini, designed by Maya Cohen.
T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone was published in 1991 by thinker and activist Hakim Bey (pseudonym). The book, which preceded the commercial internet, describes an imaginary public space beyond any government’s reach - a connected zone where people could be free. Thirty years later, with the rise of giant corporations like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple, as online regulation and censorship are on the rise, a question arises, is the internet a public space? Is it augmenting or rather restricting people’s freedom and autonomy?