Friday, May 7, 2010

REMOTE MERMAID by AI WEI WEI




Mermaid Exchange

Ai weiwei


As part of the “Mermaid Exchange” Ai Weiwei’s work “Remote” utilizes modern surveillance technique and the WWW to recreate the image of the missing icon on a LED-screen erected in the little Mermaids' original position in Langelinie/Denmark.


The video transmission is non-stop and in realtime for the full duration of this exhibition. The camera image can be seen at:

http://www.mermaidexchange.com/