Some Notes

Wu Ming, which — to put it simply — is a band. Only it is not a band of musicians but a band of writers. “Wu Ming” means “No name”, it’s the signature used by dissidents in China and it is our tribute to dissent in that country and everywhere else. “Wu Ming” also means “unknown” and it is also a reference to the fact that we refuse the idea of the “Author” as a “genius” or a “star” whom the public contemplates in a passive way. That doesn’t mean that our names are secret, nothing like that. The fact that Police had that name doesn’t mean that Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland were coppers, does it?

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