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ride’s homage to ai weiwei’s famous 1995 performance: “dropping a han dynasty urn”
the original features ai weiwei smashing a ~2,000 year old historic ceramic urn, a direct confrontation of its perceived significance. this critique of tradition & authority coincides with his broader interrogation of cultural value & the institutions that deem what is worthy of preservation. ride flips the gesture by dropping a common planter that carries none of the cultural authority of the urn, yet grants it the same visual significance, challenging the hierarchy between the revered and the routinely discarded.
ai weiwei: “why is this priceless?”
ride: “why is this disposable?”
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u/Dicluver — 5 days ago