Archive for March, 2009
The Guardian’s Who’s Who of the Twitter Art World

An Xiao is thrilled to be featured in the Guardian UK’s list of who’s who in the Twitter art world, alongside Yoko Ono, the Brooklyn Museum, the Tate and others:

This New York conceptual artist uses Twitter as “a scrapbook, a way to capture thoughts and share them”, believing that the 140-character limit enforces “a discipline of thought and economy of language that encourages sharp ideas”. She also creates Twitter-based artworks.

Her work with Twitter as an artistic medium has also received mentions in the following select blogs and publications:NRC Handelsblad(Netherlands): Tweets in MorseThe National Newspaper (United Arab Emirates) Cheep Talk?smArts & Culture: Artist An Xiao on Twitter as MediumMuseum 2.0: 1stfans: An Audience-Specific Membership Program at the Brooklyn Museum