"If there is one person who is still not free, then I am not;
if there is one person who still suffers from insult and humiliation, then I do."
(Ai Weiwei)
Continue to make art for Ai Weiwei and send it to CHINA
Artist and activist, Ai Weiwei, was released on June 22, 2011 only after promising not to speak to reporters or leave Beijing.
Here is how we can continue to press the Chinese government to restore Ai Weiwei's right to speak and travel. Each individual who visits this blog creates a work of art, or letter or poem on behalf of Ai Weiwei.
Photograph your artwork and email it to me (72dpi/800K max)
so I can post it here, and we can keep track of how many of us there are.
Then mail your "message" to one of the following individuals in China, or to the Chinese Ambassador in Washington DC.
(President) HU Jintao Guojia Zhuxi The State Council General Office 2 Fuyoujie Xichengqu Beijingshi 100017 People's Republic of China
Email: gov@govonline.cn Salutation: Your Excellency
(Premier) WEN Jiabao Guojia Zongli The State Council General Office 2 Fuyoujie Xichengqu Beijingshi 100017 People's Republic of China
Salutation: Your Excellency
(Ambassador) ZHANG Yesui Embassy of the People's Republic of China 3505 International Place NW Washington, SC 20008
Fax: 1.202.495.2138 Email: chinaembpress_us@mfa.gov.cn Salutation: Your Excellency
Why will this work? As Ai Weiwei has shown, one person can change the world. For decades I have written letters on behalf of political prisoners through Amnesty International. Is my letter important? Not really. But when I am one of tens of thousands who write letters, together we have the power to win the freedom of those who are unjustly oppressed.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Ai Weiwei Released on Bail
Please read this New Yorker blog on Ai Weiwei's conditional release today.
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