Ài Wèiwèi - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

This artist explained his use of one type of object by pointing to its use in paintings of Chairman Máo. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this Chinese artist and political activist who in 2008 covered the Turbine Hall in sunflower seeds.

ANSWER: Ài Wèiwèi

[10m] In the 1990s, Ài acquired several of these objects, one of which he painted a Coca-Cola logo onto. He later took a series of three photographs showing him dropping one of these objects.

ANSWER: urns [or vases or jars or pots; accept Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn or Han Jar Overpainted with Coca-Cola Logo; prompt on ceramics]

[10h] After Ài’s Shànghǎi studio was declared illegal and subject to demolition, he made a documentary about it partly titled for these animals. After its destruction, Ài’s fans gathered for a feast of these animals to allude to official censorship due to the similarity of their name in Chinese to the phrase “harmonious society.”

ANSWER: crabs [or pángxiè; accept river crabs or héxiè; accept The Crab House or River Crab Feast]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	24.00	100%	80%	60%
Canada	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	13	16.15	77%	62%	23%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	6.67	17%	50%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	86%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	10.00	60%	40%	0%
North	Main	Y	11	12.73	64%	46%	18%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	18.00	80%	100%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	10.00	50%	50%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	14.17	67%	75%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	6	13.33	67%	33%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	12.50	67%	33%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	13.75	63%	63%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	20.71	100%	93%	14%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	15.00	75%	75%	0%
UK (North)	UK	N	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
UK (South)	UK	N	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley C	10	10	0	20
Berkeley E	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley D	10	10	0	20
Stanford C	Berkeley F	10	0	10	20
Berkeley B	UCSC	10	10	10	30
USC	UCSD Vices and Virtues	10	10	0	20
Claremont Scripps	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	10	0	20
Carleton	McGill C	10	0	0	10
Toronto D	Guelph A	10	0	0	10
Ottawa	McGill A	10	10	0	20
McGill B	Queen's A	0	10	10	20
Waterloo	McMaster B	0	0	10	10
Queen's B	Toronto E	10	10	10	30
Toronto A	McMaster A	10	10	0	20
Toronto B	Toronto C	10	10	0	20
Toronto G	Toronto F	10	0	0	10
Toronto H	Toronto I	10	10	0	20
Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	0	20
McMaster C	Toronto K	10	0	0	10
Western Ontario	Guelph B	0	10	0	10
ERAU A	FIU	0	0	0	0
ERAU B	UF D	0	0	0	0
UCF A	FSU	10	10	0	20
UCF B	Melbourne A	0	10	0	10
UF A	UF C	0	10	0	10
UF B	UF E	0	0	0	0
OSU C	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
Pitt A	CWRU B	10	10	0	20
MSU B	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
Pitt C	Kenyon A	10	10	0	20
MSU A	CWRU C	10	10	0	20
OSU D	Kenyon B	10	0	0	10
OSU A	Pitt B	10	10	0	20
Claremont Pitzer	UCI	10	0	0	10
UCLA A	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCLA D	10	0	0	10
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCSB	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	James Madison	10	0	0	10
Liberty A	Clemson A	0	0	0	0
Liberty C	Virginia B	0	0	0	0
North Carolina B	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
Roanoke	North Carolina C	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	South Carolina B	10	0	0	10
Tennessee A	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
NC State	Tusculum	10	0	0	10
Virginia A	North Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	Clemson B	0	0	0	0
Maryland A	Penn A	10	10	0	20
Penn B	Maryland B	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins A	Maryland C	10	10	0	20
NYU A	George Mason B	10	10	0	20
NYU B	George Mason A	10	10	10	30
Georgetown B	Notre Dame E	0	0	0	0
Georgetown A	VCU A	10	10	10	30
Catholic University	Maryland D	10	0	0	10
George Washington A	UMBC A	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins C	George Washington B	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins B	George Mason C	0	0	0	0
Columbia B	Lehigh B	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
Princeton A	Rutgers C	10	10	0	20
Swarthmore A	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Vassar A	10	10	0	20
Chicago A	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame A	Chicago C	10	10	0	20
Louisville B	Chicago D	10	10	0	20
Illinois A	Illinois C	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Michigan C	0	0	0	0
Michigan D	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame D	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Purdue A	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	Notre Dame C	0	0	0	0
UIC	Kentucky	0	0	0	0
Carleton	Macalester A	10	0	0	10
Macalester B	St. Thomas	10	10	10	30
Minnesota C	Iowa State	0	10	0	10
Nebraska	Minnesota B	0	0	0	0
Minnesota A	Wisconsin	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin	Minnesota A	10	0	10	20
Brown A	Amherst B	10	0	0	10
Brandeis Clemenceau	BC A	10	0	0	10
BC B	Bowdoin A	10	0	0	10
BU	Bowdoin B	0	0	0	0
Brandeis Lloyd George	Amherst A	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Orlando	Brown B	0	0	0	0
Dartmouth	Harvard	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Cornell-UG	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Wilson	MIT B	10	0	0	10
Tufts A	Yale A	0	0	10	10
Tufts B	Yale B	0	0	0	0
Williams	Brown C	10	10	10	30
SIUE	WashU B	0	0	0	0
Truman State	William Woods	10	10	0	20
Missouri A	WashU A	10	10	0	20
WashU C	WashU D	0	0	0	0
Alberta B	Ohio	10	0	0	10
Northwestern A	McGill D	10	10	10	30
Texas A	Rose State	10	10	0	20
Arizona State A	Texas B	10	10	0	20
Northwestern C	Tulsa	0	0	0	0
UCO	Arizona State B	0	0	0	0
UTD A	Northwestern B	10	10	0	20
Iowa	UTD B	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Bristol B	10	10	0	20
Cambridge A	LSE B	10	10	0	20
Cambridge C	Imperial B	10	10	10	30
Durham A	Cambridge D	10	10	0	20
City St George's A	Birmingham A	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh B	Bristol A	10	0	0	10
Imperial C	Southampton A	10	10	0	20
LSE A	Lancaster A	10	10	0	20
Manchester A	Sheffield C	10	10	0	20
Manchester B	Warwick B	10	10	0	20
Oxford A	Durham B	10	10	0	20
Sheffield A	Oxford B	10	10	0	20
Sheffield B	Cambridge B	10	10	10	30
Warwick A	Southampton B	10	10	0	20
Cornell-DII	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
Syracuse	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
RIT A	RIT B	10	10	0	20
Rochester	ESF	0	0	0	0