Response to original version, after Mark Wallinger‘s Threshold to the Kingdom. Filmed at Beijing Capital Airport, 4 August 2008. Shown as part of HomeShop’s party for the losers, 16 August 2008 (9天).
时间 posted on: 28 August 2008 | 
发布者 author: e | 
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分类 filed under: airport, Beijing welcomes you, Mark Wallinger, music video, 北京 beijing, 奥运会 olympics
September 3rd, 2008 - 00:10
oh wow i would love it if someone could translate this. heard this everywhere, starting and ending with the plane ride in and out of town. i too was intrigued with the protocols and cultural space of the airport — its duty free selling Cuban cigars (they do a good job fetishizing the already taboo-object with their impressive humidor), the huge presence of volunteers and security, Pizza Hut, the fiercely guarded ( or at least i thought so until encountering this blog) Olympic-brand store with VISA only restriction
September 3rd, 2008 - 04:23
translating the song! it’s a good idea, will work on it and post soon… the part that i remember off the top of my head is something like, “Open up our house with open arms, waiting for you”, and then the funny, “Don’t need to be polite!” I hadn’t heard about the fiercely guarded Olympic shops though, where did you see that? The ones I saw around Wangfujing or even at the events were all mad houses with people mobbed all over the place…