theduckopera |
duck (dŭk) n. 1. (slang) A person, especially one thought of as peculiar. 2. A birdwatcher, Sinophile, poet, translator and geek. The Duck Opera.
This tumblr showcases my translations for the Birds's Nest: Ai Weiwei In English project.  |
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Notes Well, just become a Tibetan and see [what happens] RT //liumangyan //aiww As a Chinese person, I want to become a foreigner. Only then could I be spared Chinese people bullying me. Gloomy...那就做西藏人看看 RT @liumangyan: @aiww做为中国人，我要成为外国人，才能免于被中国人欺侮我。悲催……
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Notes Can he swim? RT //hwangchinchang //aiww My classmate in Shanghai said, because he posted some anti-communist remarks on Weibo, he has been contacted via telephone and urged to surrender himself to a nearby public security bureau. Aunty, what do people usually do in these situations? Other people have already fled to Wenzhou.会游泳么 RT @hwangchinchang: @aiww 一個同學說在上海因為在WEIBO上發表反共言論已被電話通知請勸就近公安局自首. 嬸, 這種情況一般怎麼辦, 他人已逃到溫州了.
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Notes On the 17th-20th of May 2012, "Hong Kong Art Fair" exhibited Ai Weiwei's work "Cong", comprising a list of 5196 students who died in the 5.12 Great Sichuan Earthquake and 123 replies to applications for the publication of government information from central, Sichuan province and county-level education, construction, earthquake, civil administration and public security departments. http://is.gd/2UpnAG2012年5月17日-20日，”香港艺术博览会”展出艾未未作品《琮》，由5.12汶川地震5196名死难学生名单及向中央、四川省、县的教育，建设、地震、民政、公安部门发出的123封政府信息公开申请答复组成。http://is.gd/2UpnAG
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Notes Happy快乐
Mr. Ai tweeted this twice in the hour before midnight on his birthday.
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Notes [Fourth Anniversary of the 512 Earthquake. Lest We Forget] During the second anniversary of the earthquake, several thousand Twitterers read aloud the names of students who had perished, which was then compiled into a large-scale audio work, "Remembrance". Reflecting on the loss of innocent lives and expressing outrage at the concealed truth of tofu dregs (construction). Listen online: http://goo.gl/sniuQ http://goo.gl/hXE8o【512地震四周年 念念不忘】 地震两周年之际，数千推友念出遇难学生的名字，汇集成大型声音作品《念》。表达对无辜生命逝去的追念和对掩盖豆腐渣真相的愤怒。在线听：http://goo.gl/sniuQ http://goo.gl/hXE8o
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The Chinese character 念 means “to commemorate”. The character also has a second meaning and that is “to recite”. For more info about this artwork see this previous post:
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theduckopera asked: I would like to request two beautiful paintings, because I'm greedy! One of an exquisite corpse (interpret as you please) and one of a poet with a cannibal doggybag...
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Oh. My. God.
How long did this take someone to make????
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I see no flaws in this plan.
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Nazi Titanic is on the History Channel right now. I can only imagine what that consists of.First class passenger: Wow these accommodations are quite kampfortable... ...
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“Fear is strange soil. Mainly it grows obedience like corn, which grows in rows and makes weeding easy. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of...”
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If he aged normally, Calvin would be 33 this year.
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Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc
1968 - The Image of the Beast Philip José Farmer Joan of Arc is portrayed as an alien sexual predator,...
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Your dash lacks some birds with arms
