Ai Wei Wei, artist and collaborator with H&dM on the 2008 Olympic "Bird's Nest" project, is expressing his frustration at China for their "promotion and propaganda" tactics. In addition to protesting the Olympics he is also aiming criticism at artists such as Steven Spielberg. Youtube | Guardian | Ai Wei Wei previously interviewed on Archinect
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Seems as artists have more backbone than architects. Still, this seems a little too late, I guess it is better late than never.
i'm still dissappointed the olympics will take place in china. with all the human right and civil liberties concerns, i am surprised it was selected for the olympic games. but, hey, that's where the money is at!
i always forget, why is communism ok in china and evil in cuba?
@ simples
Because China doesn't threaten the Sugar and Tobacco lobbies,
And it isn't just 90 miles away.....
Quilian,
Nah. Some artists can also be spineless. Plus, I am not sure it is "too late" to critique/embarrass the CCP government. It's actually strategically a very good time to do so and risk less getting bitten back.
The Guardian article and soho style china crit also puts Ai Wei Wei in the vicinity of the cake's edible allure and consequential digestive discomforts.
steven spielberg called and told me that...
If there is a real genius out there, he or she should arrange for a FIREWORKS show that gloriously features the tanks of Tiananmen Square DURING THE OPENING of the BS Olympics when the lame ass Chinese Fartist fireworks blow upper Cai Guo Qiang and the film apologist "Hero" (should be called "Villain") Zhang Yi Mou make their olympics bid for ass kissing glory to show how great the new China is.
As for What happened to human rights etc? Who cares when you can buy LV for double price? When you can sell fake soy sauce to people and not care about poisoning them?Who cares about anything? March in line, suckers and trendsters who flock to Shanghai (the ones who were sucking the big one of Berlin years ago). China lost its soul a long time ago. Who wants to bet it's not getting it back?
Easy, raymonde. Let's not confuse CCP corruption and unethical opportunists of a market economy at infancy with ALL of China.
what about human rights in and with the US? ban all olympic games there too...
now it's china's turn to bitch.
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