Mozaz: Rest in Peace
Sheffield Indymedia | 28.01.2011 14:48 | History | Sheffield
Sheffield anarchist, activist, photographer, blogger, urban explorer, tree hugger, flyposter, Indymedia contributor and general trouble maker Mozaz has died following a bout of H1N1 swine flu. In the early hours of Sunday 23rd January, Mark Wallis, AKA Mozaz, passed away following a short illness. Mozaz's funeral took place on Thursday 3rd February 2011 at Grenoside Crematorium, there is a recording of the funeral and annecdotes from the wake, which was held at the Philadelphian Working Mens Club on Martin Street. A website to remember Mozaz and raise money to cover the cost of his send off has been set up.
Mozaz took to the internet and digital photography in a big way in the last decade, his main web site was underclassrising.net, he had several blogs, [ 1 | 2 ], and was ur32daurt on twitter. There are thousands of his photos on flickr and a thread about him passing on there as well. incurable hippie has blogged about his death and listed links to other sites. Anarchist bloggers Paul Stott and Ian Bone from London have written about his death. Mozaz was a urban explorer and there are three threads about his death [ 1 | 2 | 3 ] on the Urbex Urban Exploration Forum. There is also a Mark 'Mozaz' Wallis - 1/08/65 - 23/01/11 thread on the Sheffield Forum, a set of photos of him on flickr, an Mark Wallis aka Mozaz obituary on the Sheffield Green Party website and The Star has picked up on the story.
Articles: Mozaz | Mozaz's Funeral Details | Mozaz's Funeral (audio)
Links: Mozaz Memorial website
Mozaz
Mozaz was a long time contributor to the Sheffield Indymedia newswire, his first post was in June 2003 and by July 2003 his first set of photos generated the first of many moderation discussions about some of his contributions. His Sheffield Indymedia articles, (this list is no doubt incomplete...): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 90 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 100 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 120 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 140 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 150 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 160 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 170 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193
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Some photos of Mozaz
27.01.2011 00:29
4th Jan 1999 Mozaz in my attic
18th March 2001 at the Rob Dawber Memorial Meeting
8th July 2000 Mozaz at the Sharow Festival
5th April 2002 Mozaz on a Palestine Solidarity demo
3rd May 2002 Mozaz on a Palestine Solidarity demo
15th October 2005 Mozaz on the No Borders Magical Mystery Tour
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0742 - Carlos K Krinklebein
28.01.2011 00:15
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