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new trailer + poster + site: true blood season 4 – you know you’re hooked

Published May 25, 2011

Words cannot express how excited the vamp and quality TV-loving world is for True Blood Season 4. Without further ado, here is the brand new poster/art work and incredible trailer for the new season. The poster also reveals a new website for the series at TB Withdrawal. The new season premieres on HBO on June 26, and the first three minutes of the premiere will hit HBOGO devices on May 29. Epic. You know you’re hooked. Trailer under the cut.

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art exhibition: ai weiwei – circle of animals / zodiac heads at somerset house

Published May 12, 2011

Last night saw the bitter-sweet launch and unveiling of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei’s exhibition – Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads at Somerset House. The somewhat monumental installation comprises of twelve bronze animal heads, re-creations of the traditional Chinese zodiac sculptures – originally at the fountain of Yuanming Yuan in Beijing.

The darkness behind this moment is that Ai Weiwei was arrested 40 days ago as he tried to board a flight in Beijing and therefore unable to attend the event – his whereabouts still remain completely unknown and Twitter and blog have been shut down. To learn more about Ai Weiwei, please see below a BBC documentary (many thanks to Dan at TOKYO DANDY for sharing this with me) under the cut. If you are posting this on Twitter, make sure to include the hashtag #freeaiweiwei

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