veraciously 2012 – “…….. we tried them in Tunis until their bombs became useless … God be with you, Egyptians”
Those messages spread after the first night of the Egyptian revolution when the police forces successfully put an end to the demonstrations. The tear gas bombs and the lack of the protesters’ experience in facing them were the weapons that ended the demonstrations.
On the next day, the messages were sent by the Tunisian protesters explaining how to face the gas.
On the Friday of Anger (28 Jan), Egyptians had bottles of vinegar and coke. They could finally stand up to the soldiers and started the protests beating the 30-years old regime.

http://cowmanauction.com/wp-content/themes/hello-element/footer.php The labels of the vinegar and coke bottles have been modified with the instructions of use to be produced as “revolutionary products” used to eliminate the effect of the tear gas during the demonstrations.

The work was a part of the exhibitions “Shift Delete 30” in Egypt, and “Cairo. Open City New Testimonies from an Ongoing Revolution” in Germany. Three prints, 60cmX120cm each, Cyanotype on cotton paper, edition 1 of 6.

Details of ‘Vinegar..Soldier..Coke’, cyanotype on cotton paper, 60cmX120cm each, edition 1 of 6.

From the exhibition: Cairo. Open City: New Testimonies from an Ongoing Revolution – Museum for Photography Braunschweig, Germany, 2012. The photo is a crop of an installation shot by Nadia Mounier.