Ai Weiwei : fairytale, a reader

Ai, Weiwei (Author). Bovier, Lionel. (Added Author). Schnetz, Salome. (Added Author). Documenta 2007 : Kassel, Germany) (12th. (Added Author).

Summary: "In 2007 Ai Weiwei ... presented Fairytale at documenta 12 in Kassel: he invited 1,001 Chinese citizens of different ages and from various backgrounds to Germany to experience Europe's most innovative five-yearly art event and live their own fairytale for 28 days ... The publication intends to bring forth and reflect upon it by publishing an extensive documentation, which, in this particular case, is an integral part of the project, as well as by soliciting critical commentaries a posteriori, and from a diverse range of viewpoints"--P. [4] of cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9783037642108
ISBN: 3037642106
Physical Description: print
229 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: JRP/Ringier, c2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Conversation between Ai Weiwei and Fu Xiao-Dong regarding the work Fairytale -- Meeting alterity / Roger M. Buergel -- Extra fairy tale?! / Raphael Gygax -- Fictionalizing the social script / Catherine Wood -- Like a machine or an animal? Fairytale as a mirror of geo-cultural dynamics / Christian Hl̲ler -- Ai Weiwei interviewed by Daniel Birnbaum.