KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Saturday, March 02, 2013

Ai Wei Wei from the Hirschorn Show - Oct 2012

Black and white photos

School bags installation on site - each bag representing an earthquake victim.

Ai Wei Wei and his fan base found all the names and did a full documentation of the children who died in the earthquake.

The government mounted a security camera to look at him, so Ai carved it in white marble.

Ai Wei Wei -- "I could not come to Washington DC. (My friends helped me put up the exhibit). I am like the vegetable seller - if you like my product, you can buy it - at the end of the day, if things are unsold, we pack up and take them home."

This is not an exact transcription, but more like a paraphrase.

Photos copyright K.M. Kaung

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Saturday, March 02, 2013

Ai Wei Wei from the Hirschorn Show - Oct 2012

Bottom line is if we don't stick together, we will all hang separately. I see a lot of racism among so-called educated Burmese--

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