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  • Ai Wei Wei on Prism

    Ai Wei Wei on Prism

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    Ai Wei Wei on Prism Ai Wei Wei, the renowned Chinese dissident who has been relentlessly persecuted by his own government, has written an op-ed for the Guardian comparing Chinese totalitarian surveillance with Prism a… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/06/11/ai-wei-wei-on-prism.html This abuse of state power goes totally against my understanding of what it means to be…

  • A triumph in Paris for Ai Weiwei

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    Link: La Lettre de la Photographie The Ai Weiwei exhibition Entrelacs at the Jeu de Paume contemporary art museum in Paris is the first of its kind in France. Press coverage of this multi-talented artist tends to emphasize his work’s subversive aspects and his frequent run-ins with the police and government