Christoph Draeger
Tlatelolco, neon sign, 40 x 180 cm.
Lance Wyman’s famous logo for the Olympic Games in Mexico 1968 is being converted to the word TLATELOLCO: The name of a square that has become synonymous with the massacre of student protesters, committed by the Mexican military one week before the games started on Oct 2 1968. More than 300 died in the worst incident during the worldwide student riots of 1968. Tlatelolco is Mexico’s Tiananmen square.
Lance Wyman’s famous logo for the Olympic Games in Mexico 1968 is being converted to the word TLATELOLCO: The name of a square that has become synonymous with the massacre of student protesters, committed by the Mexican military one week before the games started on Oct 2 1968. More than 300 died in the worst incident during the worldwide student riots of 1968. Tlatelolco is Mexico’s Tiananmen square.