Comments on: Ai Weiwei: “Let Us Forget”

By: Ai Weiwei Quick Update | ChinaGeeks

Ai Weiwei Quick Update | ChinaGeeks — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:57:01 +0000

[...] to know Ai’s still in the game. Whether you think he’s a brilliant social critic/artist or self-centered blowhard with a victim complex, it’s good to know the man’s still [...]

By: Me cuesta tanto olvidarte… « Espacio de Fe

Me cuesta tanto olvidarte… « Espacio de Fe — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:05:02 +0000

[...] este día simplemente me paro a traducir una voz China (lo hago del ingles: ya que otros se han esforzado, aprovechémonos), Ai Weiwei (艾未未). Es bueno oír sus voces, [...]

By: Inst

Inst — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:48:40 +0000

I’m amused how the act of forgetting is at the same time an act of sabotage. Total submission to the Chinese system accelerates its decline; without pressure from below, what would stop the petty officials from their outrages? What would remind the central government of their precarious position? In this way, popular discontent becomes invisible, freeing the government to degenerate as much as it wishes.

By: Ai Weiwei i Tiananmen | Papierowy Tygrys

Ai Weiwei i Tiananmen | Papierowy Tygrys — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:01:31 +0000

[...] blogu artysta zamieścił także rocznicowy komentarz, w którym prowkacyjnie nawołuje: “Zapomnijmy o 4. czerwca“. Pisze m.in.: Bez wolności słowa, bez wolności informacji, bez prawa wyboru – nie [...]

By: AndyR

AndyR — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:02:01 +0000

“Lacking the right to remember, we choose to forget.”

This sentence sticks out to me the most as it really gets to the heart of the “false choice” of forgetting. Many people here claim that they are making a “choice” to forget 6/4, when they actually have no other option. It’s funny how we can actually fool ourselves so easily.

By: LA ROSA DE RIALP

LA ROSA DE RIALP — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:36:19 +0000

[...] este día simplemente me paro a traducir una voz China (lo hago del ingles: ya que otros se han esforzado, aprovechémonos), Ai Weiwei (艾未未). Es bueno oír sus voces, [...]

By: biculturalfreak › Twenty years later

biculturalfreak › Twenty years later — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:01:40 +0000

[...] asked me to go. I realised that all I could do, was come home, feed the cat and maybe think about forgetting, because that seems to be the only way to remember now － to forget. If you tried to remember: by [...]

By: Nothing To See Here, Move Along

Nothing To See Here, Move Along — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:48:26 +0000

[...] I think the Chinese artist and designer Ai Weiwei puts this best in his recent blog post (translated): Without freedom of speech, without freedom of news, without freedom of elections, we are not people, we do not need to remember. Lacking the right to remember, we choose to forget. [continued] [...]

By: Chinese Internet Maintenance Day is today | CNReviews

Chinese Internet Maintenance Day is today | CNReviews — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:23:29 +0000

[...] is a day just like any other in China, especially because memories of the events 20 years ago have been edited, lost, or never [...]

By: Memories of the day « Bendilaowai 本地老外

Memories of the day « Bendilaowai 本地老外 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:18:07 +0000

[...] Chinese person’s view): Ai WeiWei 让我们忘记 “let us forget”. Here in English translation by the indispensable China [...]