Artificial Games
Monday, August 18th, 2008With his commentary piece in the Financial Times Deutschland (Sterile Games in Peking) Claus Hecking wraps up all the repeated instances of fakery that have been brought to light already at this year’s Beijing Olympics – and they are only about half over! – into a thought-provoking synthesis: together, he maintains, they add up to a profound and very revealing cultural misunderstanding.
If you’ve been paying attention at all, you know what “fakery” I’m talking about here – (more…)
