Tuesday 22 September 2015

the medium is the message - the manifesto is in the medium

Marshall McLuhan was interested in the media:
Jay Doubleyou: bbc radio 4's history of ideas - animations
Jay Doubleyou: how has technology changed us?

Did he say the 'medium is in the massage' or 'the medium is the message'?
The medium is the message - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Medium Is the Massage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is another play on the idea of 'medium':
Ai Weiwei review – the manifesto is in the medium | Art and design | The Guardian

This is the artist Ai Wei Wei:
Jay Doubleyou: art
Jay Doubleyou: what is art?

A couple of years ago he had an exhibition in the turbine hall at the Tate Modern:
Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds at Tate Modern, London - YouTube

This year he had an installation in the streets of the Swedish city of Orebro:
OpenART 2015: Ai Weiwei

And this year he comes to the RA in London:
Ai Weiwei | Exhibition | Royal Academy of Arts

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Ai Weiwei London Exhibition 2015 RA - YouTube

There is the politics of art:
BBC - BBC Arts - Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy: A refugee artist with worldwide status

And:
If even Ai Weiwei can’t trust the UK's visa system, who can? | Mary Dejevsky | Comment is free | The Guardian
Ai Weiwei – from criminal to art-world superstar | Art and design | The Guardian
Ai Weiwei and Julian Assange post selfie on Instagram | Art and design | The Guardian
Ai Weiwei on Beijing: 'It's a prison for freedom of speech' - video | Cities | The Guardian
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