Oh that troublesome Ai Weiwei! Not content to stick to taking subversive pictures around Tiananmen Square or investigating Sichuan Earthquake victims, he's now starting internet blackout protest days! The contemporary artist/activist has now called for... ...full story at Shanghaiist
from Shanghaiist on Tue, Jun 23 2009
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| 20 Oct 08 |
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The Blackout - The Beijing Cocktail Official Video »
YouTube video Artist=The Blackout
Album=We Are Dynamite
Lyrics:
Ive gone and said it
Just so you know whats on my mind
I walk away now
This is over and theres no turning back
The way you parade is such a crime
I think about us
Your pretty eyes still give me heart... |
| 05 Jun 09 |
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Ai Weiwei on the Square » Danwei Ai Weiwei — artist, blogger, and guy who refuses to shut up — has been posting photos to his new blog. Two examples: A recent photo of the artist, from Having technical difficulties Photo by Ai Weiwei, from Another photo from 15 years ago Tags... |
| 22 Jun 09 |
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Reuters reports Ai Weiwei's Internet boycott call » Danwei Reuters has dialed up the noise on artist and provocateur Ai Weiwei's calls for a boycott of the Chinese Internet on July 1: ...Ai Weiwei ... called on web users to boycott use of the Internet on the day of Green Dam's debut. In a post on Twitter ... Ai... |
| 05 May 09 |
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Ai Weiwei stays in the news » Danwei Ai Weiwei (via Global Times) Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is pursuing a project to collect the names of the school children who died in the Beichuan Earthquake last May. His blog posts, which frequently run afoul of the censors on his blog host, have... |
| 15 Sep 09 |
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Today's Links: Aiweiwei recovering, Solar heading up, and another Coke employee detained » Shanghaiist Aiweiwei shows he's okay on his Twitter Ai Weiwei, censorship and sacred facts [My Heart's in Accra] "My friend Michael Anti posted a tweet earlier today about Chinese artist and political activist, Ai Weiwei: "Ai Weiwei to undergo cranial surgery in... |
| 11 Mar 10 |
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Ai Weiwei sends letter to NPC reps » Danwei Wen Tao in The Global Times: A group of citizens led by renowned artist Ai Weiwei sent a letter Tuesday to all 35 delegations attending the annual session of the NPC, calling for transparency regarding the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. This letter says... |
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