For a little while now, Ai Weiwei has been using his Twitter account to post information about students who died in the Sichuan earthquake as their birthdays come around. This information, presumably, comes from everything gathered by Ai and his volunteers during their Citizen’s Investigation into the student deaths in the 5/12 earthquake. Today (February [...]
Ai Weiwei on Confucius: “Disgusting”
Jan 20th, 2010
Chinese artist, activist, and dissident Ai Weiwei? He’s not a big fan of Confucius, apparently. From his Twitter:
From whatever angle you look at it, Confucius is disgusting.
He followed that with the rather vulgar:
I don’t understand Confucius and Confucianism, do I also not understand your mother’s c**t?
Lest one be confused and think he’s reacting to this [...]
Han Han Predicts China’s Future
Jan 18th, 2010
Blogger/author/race car driver/faux bad-boy Han Han recently posted a very tongue-in-cheek essay predicting China’s future in reaction to the news about Google. It has since been deleted, probably by Sina’s editors, but the Chinese original can be found here, among other places, and Roland Soong of ESWN has already translated it. The whole thing is [...]
“Ai Weiwei, the New Model for Intellectuals”
Jan 7th, 2010
The magazine Nanfeng Chuang recently ran a short piece about Ai Weiwei’s busy 2009. It’s a good summary for those who haven’t been following the exploits of the famed artist/activist, and if you have, it’s interesting to see this kind of stuff written about Ai Weiwei in a real magazine rather than on some dissident’s [...]
Ai Weiwei, Lu Xun, and the Hope of Hopelessness
Dec 23rd, 2009
This China Digital Times post has been sitting open in my browser for several days now. If you’re stuck behind the GFW, it’s a question and answer Chinese artist and social commentator Ai Weiwei did with a private Chinese BBS forum, full of social questions and snappy answers. It’s worth a read, but one question [...]
Ai Weiwei: The Need for Change
Dec 17th, 2009
After some time in Europe, which he spent doing art stuff and recuperating from what Professor Farnsworth would call his stylish head wound, Ai Weiwei is back in Beijing. And thanks to Tiger Temple (Ai’s own blog seems to be gone, we can’t access it even here in the States), we’ve got some pretty solid [...]
Ai Weiwei’s Brain
Nov 3rd, 2009
Here’s a quick visual update on Ai Weiwei’s medical case. For those who don’t know, Ai was beaten by police while attending the trial of Tan Zuoren, another very public crusader for justice for the children who died because of shoddy building in the 5/12 earthquake. Around a month later, in Germany, he developed a [...]
Ai Weiwei Earthquake Project: “Muyu Diary”
Nov 1st, 2009
The following is a translation of this post on Ai Weiwei’s blog by one of his volunteers. The investigation, it seems, is ongoing, as is the harassment of investigators. And, as one might expect, the investigators are getting tired and, if Keke is any indication, beginning to snap a little.
Muyu Diary
The weather in Qingchuan [...]
Ai Weiwei: “F*ck Your Mother, Motherland”
Oct 8th, 2009
WARNING: This post contains vulgar curses in Chinese.
Ai Weiwei is never one to shy away from controversy, and his most recent short film (thanks to commenter Wahaha for the tip) is no exception. It’s called, “Grass Mud Horse, Motherland.” Grass Mud Horse shares similar pronunciation to the common and vulgar curse, “f*ck your mother.”
The film [...]
Ai Weiwei Quick Update
Sep 17th, 2009
Some of you may know that Ai Weiwei was on the wrong end of some fists a month ago when he went to attempt to testify on Tan Zuoren’s behalf in the latter’s trial (to no avail). You may also know that he had brain surgery yesterday for a cerebral hemorrhage, possibly due to the [...]
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