Ai Weiwei's Blog : Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006 - 2009
  • reference book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • die-cut
  • 22.9 x 17.8 cm.
  • 320 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 9780262015219

Ai Weiwei's Blog : Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006 - 2009

Ai Weiwei, Lee Ambrozy

Ai Weiwei's Blog : Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006 - 2009

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Collection of writings by Ai Weiwei published between 2006 and 2009 on his blog. Edited and translated by Lee Ambrozy. "In 2006, even though he could barely type, China''s most famous artist started blogging. For more than three years, Ai Weiwei turned out a steady stream of scathing social commentary, criticism of government policy, thoughts on art and architecture, and autobiographical writings. He wrote about the Sichuan earthquake (and posted a list of the schoolchildren who died because of the government''s ''tofu-dregs engineering''), reminisced about Andy Warhol and the East Village art scene, described the irony of being investigated for ''fraud'' by the Ministry of Public Security, made a modest proposal for tax collection. Then, on June 1, 2009, Chinese authorities shut down the blog. This book offers a collection of Ai''s online writings translated into English--the most complete, public documentation of the original Chinese blog available in any language." -- publisher''s statement.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press,
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