Oct 13, 2010: Ai Weiwei's Seeds

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Wombat

WOFTAM. Seriously, just think of the useful stuff that could have been done by 1600 people in 2.5 years. Grrr.

The project employed 1600 people for 2.5 years, in China where the official unemployment rate is a little over 4%, but is rumored to be actually closer to 12%... of over a billion people. Plus the money, from Unilever, was contingent on producing an art installation for the Tate.

That turbine hall full of seeds is how we look at China, a blur of sameness. When actually there's all those seeds... uh, people, that are each unique.