FAKE
This photo of the ‘Fucking Fake’ t-shirt is in my Whatever I Like book, now available at Timezone, 798 Dashanzi, Beijing. The installation continues at Pickled Art Centre, BeiGao, Beijing until Nov. 4.
Recently I learned that fake city-citizenship identification is something migrant workers may seek in order to have the privileges of city citizenship, which include access to healthcare and education for their children. The conversation came up because we had noticed these mobile phone numbers spray-painted on walls outside the city centre, and wondered what they were for. Aside from at the 798 art enclave, these numbers are the only graffiti around that I’ve seen, and they are often painted out.
