I'm so fascinated with what's going on in Beijing in preparation for the 2008 Olympics. A massive "bird's-nest-shaped" stadium is being erected in the center of the city by the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and so far the construction looks pretty insane.
The main consultant on the stadium is a contemporary Beijing artist named Ai Wei Wei. I don't know that much about him, but I've been reading about this extravagant art experiment he's staging this summer at Documenta in Kassel, Germany. He's bringing 1,001 ordinary Chinese people ("farmers, laid-off workers, street vendors, students, rock singers, and white collar workers") to the tiny town of Kassel to live for a week as a sort of cultural exchange. "I just want them to go to Kassel, be happy, relax, see the show, and come back safely," Ai has said.
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