Chinese artist holds his tongue in protest of pandemic censorship
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - To protest censorship during the COVID-19 outbreak, a Chinese artist known as Brother Nut kept his mouth shut for 30 days, using metal clasps, gloves, duct tape and other items.
In the project - #shutupfor30days - he also sealed his mouth with packing tape with “404”, the error code for a webpage not found, written across it, a nod to the blocking of online content that is common in China for sensitive issues.
“If you ask me how an artist should digest unfair treatment, such as violence or censorship, my first reaction is: keep fighting, with art,” said Brother Nut.
The 39-year-old artist has built a reputation for statement-making projects in a country where the room for dissent has shrunk and censorship has intensified under President Xi Jinping.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-art/chinese-artist-holds-his-tongue-in-protest-of-pandemic-censorship-idUSKCN24L0HJ
#china #censorship #protest
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - To protest censorship during the COVID-19 outbreak, a Chinese artist known as Brother Nut kept his mouth shut for 30 days, using metal clasps, gloves, duct tape and other items.
In the project - #shutupfor30days - he also sealed his mouth with packing tape with “404”, the error code for a webpage not found, written across it, a nod to the blocking of online content that is common in China for sensitive issues.
“If you ask me how an artist should digest unfair treatment, such as violence or censorship, my first reaction is: keep fighting, with art,” said Brother Nut.
The 39-year-old artist has built a reputation for statement-making projects in a country where the room for dissent has shrunk and censorship has intensified under President Xi Jinping.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-art/chinese-artist-holds-his-tongue-in-protest-of-pandemic-censorship-idUSKCN24L0HJ
#china #censorship #protest