Tag: Ai Wei Wei

  • Ai Wei Wei on Prism

    Ai Wei Wei on Prism

    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 civilised society, and it will be shocking for me if American citizens allow this to continue. The US has a great tradition of individualism and privacy and has long been a centre for free thinking and creativity as a result

  • 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