claim: An image shows an anti-fascist protester duct-taped to an electrical box by neo-Nazis.
origin: A photograph of a hapless person duct-taped upside down to what appears to be an electrical box or newspaper bin was popularized in March 2017, when it was shared along with the claim that it showed the result of an interaction between the antifa movement and neo-Nazis: The image is real, but has nothing to do with Nazis or antifascist protesters. It is part of a street art series by artist RallitoxÂ (who also posted a video of the sceneâ€™s â€œconstructionâ€ on his Instagram account). The pieceÂ can be glimpsed in the following compilation of RallitoXâ€™s â€œHuman Stickersâ€ series: < Street art experimenter Rallitox treads the fine lines of art and sociology and behavioral studies â€“ often provoking passersby into participating in his works even passively â€“ like staging a crime scene with a grocery store chicken and some ketchup on a sidewalk, or inviting people to walk across the backs of 8 people lying on their stomachs as a free opportunity to walk on immigrants. If it doesnâ€™t delve into sensationalism, this kind of work has the power to focus the view on your role as participant only by virtue of inhabiting a public space. Static images here give part of the story, but nothing compares to the smallest movements of a head or a hand when you walk by, suddenly realizing this inanimate â€œstickerâ€ is neither a sticker nor inanimate. â€œIm so interested in using people as an artistic tool to express what I feel, â€œ he tells us, â€œEspecially when I get to create confusion and to break mental patterns.â€ > â€œFifth Avenue Antifaâ€ appears to be a spoof account that frequently shares messages mocking the antifascist movement.Â