By Chris Gill, see his website for more art
Artist and reformed journalist Chris Gill, known to Chinese art collectors as Li Yunfei (ζδΊι£), is the man behind the Shanghai Eye website. He has published a recording of an interview with Ai Weiwei.
During the interview, Gill introduces Ai to Twitter, apparently for the first time. Ai is now China’s most famous and probably most active Twitter user.
The interview was recorded on March 8, 2009 at 9am in Beijing. Ai joined Twitter on May 31, 2009.
Links and Sources
- Shanghai Eye: Pod cast – introducing Ai Weiwei to Twitter
- Ai Weiwei’s Twitter page (Chinese)
- Evan Osnos’ New Yorker blog: Does Twitter Matter in China? (with link to magazine profile of Ai)
- ReadWriteWeb: Digital activism in China: A discussion between Ai Weiwei, Jack Dorsey and Richard MacManus