{"id":14223,"date":"2024-04-25T07:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T05:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/can-you-steal-back-something-thats-already-stolen-how-radical-art-duo-looty-repatriated-the-rosetta-stone\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T07:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T05:37:18","slug":"can-you-steal-back-something-thats-already-stolen-how-radical-art-duo-looty-repatriated-the-rosetta-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/can-you-steal-back-something-thats-already-stolen-how-radical-art-duo-looty-repatriated-the-rosetta-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Can you steal back something that\u2019s already stolen?\u2019: how radical art duo Looty repatriated the Rosetta Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tired of colonial artefacts being hoarded, Chidi Nwaubani and Ahmed Abokor use tech to redistribute them from museums in audacious digital heists<\/p>\n<p>In March last year, two men in tracksuits, wearing hockey masks and carrying matching laundry bags, headed for the British Museum. Just outside, patrolling police asked the two strange-looking men where they were going. \u201cWe\u2019re going to the British Museum to loot back stolen goods,\u201d one of them said. \u201cWell, we\u2019ll see you in there then!\u201d the policewoman answered.<\/p>\n<p>But no arrests were made, as nothing incriminating happened. What did take place was a \u201cdigital heist\u201d of one of the most famous objects in the British Museum, an artefact that is, according to Egyptologist Monica Hanna, \u201ca symbol of western cultural power\u201d and \u201cof British imperialism\u201d: the Rosetta Stone.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2024\/apr\/25\/radical-art-collective-looty-rosetta-stone-benin-bronzes\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/57900499f1cc0376fafcda29b3785fd5b644f4ff\/0_349_6016_3611\/master\/6016.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c688d4baa3c287204b7af6cfdfa2307b\" title=\"\u2018Can you steal back something that\u2019s already stolen?\u2019: how radical art duo Looty repatriated the Rosetta Stone\" \/>Tired of colonial artefacts being hoarded, Chidi Nwaubani and Ahmed Abokor use tech to redistribute them from museums in audacious digital heists<br \/>\nIn March last year, two men in tracksuits, wearing hockey masks and carrying matching laundry bags, headed for the British Museum. Just outside, patrolling police asked the two strange-looking men where they were going. \u201cWe\u2019re going to the British Museum to loot back stolen goods,\u201d one of them said. \u201cWell, we\u2019ll see you in there then!\u201d the policewoman answered.<br \/>\nBut no arrests were made, as nothing incriminating happened. What did take place was a \u201cdigital heist\u201d of one of the most famous objects in the British Museum, an artefact that is, according to Egyptologist Monica Hanna, \u201ca symbol of western cultural power\u201d and \u201cof British imperialism\u201d: the Rosetta Stone. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tired of colonial artefacts being hoarded, Chidi Nwaubani and Ahmed Abokor use tech to redistribute them from museums in audacious digital heists In March last year, two men in tracksuits, wearing hockey masks and carrying matching laundry bags, headed for the British Museum. Just outside, patrolling police asked the two strange-looking men where they were &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/can-you-steal-back-something-thats-already-stolen-how-radical-art-duo-looty-repatriated-the-rosetta-stone\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Can you steal back something that\u2019s already stolen?\u2019: how radical art duo Looty repatriated the Rosetta Stone<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14223"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}