Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei; born 28 August 1957 in Beijing) is a Chinese Contemporary artist and activist. His father's side's original surname is 蔣 Jiang. Ai collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics. As a political activist, he has been highly and openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He has investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth18 May 1957
CityBeijing, China
CountryChina
No outdoor sports can be more elegant than throwing stones at autocracy; no melees can be more exciting than those in cyberspace.
These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas.... In truth, they are heroes of our time.
If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.
There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy,
Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella,
The purpose of art is the fight for freedom,
You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
My childhood was quite extreme. Sometimes I was so weak I could not stand up. But now I am so strong. Life is unpredictable
A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
The idea to use backpacks came from my visit to Sichuan after the earthquake in May 2008. During the earthquake many schools collapsed. Thousands of young students lost their lives, and you could see bags and study material everywhere. Then you realize individual life, media, and the lives of the students are serving very different purposes. The lives of the students disappeared within the state propaganda, and very soon everybody will forget everything.
I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
Dont retreat. Retweet!