You can watch this full movie free with english subtitles on movie television channels, renting the dvd or with vod services video on demand player, hulu and ppv pay per view, netflix. We had shown a film of him at last months conference, an unexpected and courageous statement about his treatment by the government, social change, the power of the web, and his hope for the future of chin. Ais passport has not been returned to him and his freedom of travel remains restricted. So maybe there are three parts in my life earlier background living in exile in xinjiang in a very political circumstance, then later the united states from 24 to 36 years old. Fairytale is one of ai s two contributions for documenta 12 in 2007. Either you know the name ai weiwei or you are, to some degree, clueless. Can an artist change china ai weiwei is known for many things great architecture, subversive inyourface art, and political activism.
The single dumbass, premiered last month along with its music video, is included in the album. Ai weiweis first exhibition in turkey is inspired by. Ai weiwei always makes his opposition to silence and oppression public. Unfortunately for them, the reputation of the man time magazine shortlisted for 2011s person of the year cover story just seems to grow. Never sorry is a film about ai weiwei, a renowned chinese artist and activist who continually champions the values of democracy and human rights, and thus works in opposition to chinas authoritarian government. Ais side, giving the film an informal intimacy not unlike. This 20minute video includes interviews with ai weiwei and behind the scenes footage of the show. His art has been featured in major solo exhibitions including ai weiwei at blenheim palace, woodstock, uk, 2014. Author ma jian on ai weiwei and freedom of expression in china by ma jian published 30 september 2015.
Chris lydon interviews ai weiwei addeddate 20140807 18. Ai weiwei on his lego portraits of fellow activists the chinese artist created trace while under house arrest, and he wasnt allowed to travel to their san francisco debut. How the governments attempts to silence ai weiwei have turned him into chinas most powerful artist and an irrepressible voice for free speech and human rights around the globe. Ai weiwei, wadegiles romanization ai weiwei, born may 18. But even then he never gives up, and instead films his official minders with his video camera and publishes his footage on the web. It ran with the exhibition in beijing from januaryapril 2009. Evidence 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Open in his criticism of the chinese government, ai was famously detained for months in 2011, then released to house arrest. The first gallery was a small ground floor space at the renowned soho address 420 west broadway. If youve ever wondered what its like to be jailed indefinitely in china, nows your chance to see. As our landmark exhibition examines work from 1993 up to the present day, we take a look at some of the key works to know from across ais career.
Lego, mental health hospitals and edward snowden video chinese artist ai weiwei talks about his newest exhibition at the alcatraz prison. Fairytale ai weiwei 2010 english subtitles youtube. The documentary goes onto chronologically reconstruct the events that occurred from the time he was arrested at the beijing airport in april 2011 to his. The fake case jul 23, 2014 a peek at the life of chinese artist and political dissident ai weiwei as he sits under unofficial house arrest awaiting a verdict on. Never sorry set during the leadup to ais 2009 sunflower seeds installation at the tate modern uses the chinese governments reaction to the 08 sichuan earthquake as a starting point. For this project, ai brought 1,001 people including himself from all over china to the city of kassel in germany.
Ai weiweis internet presence, friction with the chinese government, and now his 18room solo show at martingropiusbau and professorial status at berlins university of the arts has made him into one of our most accessible, talkedabout, and beloved artists in the world the exhibition, titled evidence. Beijing, june 22, 20 the ai weiwei studio released ai weiweis first music album, the divine comedy, today to commemorate the second anniversary of his release from an 81day secret detention. Inspired by the silk road, between turkey and china, the latest exhibition by controversial artist ai weiwei, entitled ai weiwei on porcelain, will focus on his wideranging practice in this medium showcasing an extensive selection of artworks from the artists oeuvre alongside new works, it will present a narrative informed by his life story and his approach to both the. A time and place where the more outrageously antiauthoritarian and oppositional the statement, the better. The family was exiled to labor camps in remote provinces.
Sep 24, 2014 ai weiwei ai weiweis new show at alcatraz. Identifier aiweiwei scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Ai weiwei article about ai weiwei by the free dictionary. The fake case, which follows the dissident chinese artist during the. Firsttime director, alison klayman, spent three years following weiwei as he prepared for major. Ai weiwei is a voice to the idea of human rights through his social commentary and criticism to a government that he believes and many believe are taking away human rights and trying to control its people by arrest and hush hush tactics and. Ai weiwei was aged one when he was sent with his parents into forced exile. But shortly after returning to shanghai in 1932, the anticommunist nationalist government deemed ai qing a leftist and jailed him for. Ai weiweis new film yours truly examines political. It is now a source for news about the artist and his work. Apr 22, 2014 exhibition ai weiweis evidence article by aj kiyoizumi in berlin. Ai weiwei s deft use of social media has made him one of the most wellknown artists and dissidents in the world. Ai came of age as an art student in 1990s new york. The arrest of ai weiwei brings to life the chinese artists recollection of the 81 days he spent in a 12.
The one with cameras trained on his house because of how many times hes angered the chinese government. Tinari, director of the ullens center for contemporary art in beijing and curator of armory focus. He then returned to china, an environment far less open to such views. He suffers from sleeping disorder and memory loss, 18 cameras are monitoring his studio and home, police agents follow his every move, and heavy restrictions from the kafkaesque chinese authorities. Fake case assumes a certain familiarity with ai and his work explored more thoroughly in alison klaymans ai weiwei. Ai weiweis new exhibition features a room filled with. He is also one of the most controversial, as the chinese government attempted to censor and disgrace ai with a brutal 81day stint in solitary confinement and a trumpedup taxevasion lawsuit known as the fake case. Ai weiwei is one of the most prolific and influential artists of our time. Ai weiwei strongly believes that china is ready for change. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled.
Apr 24, 2017 ai weiwei the fake case trailer 2014 ai weiwei. That was the same year security forces detained ai at the. Ai weiwei the fake case trailer english subtitles youtube. But as a followup and a companion piece to that 2012 documentary, johnsens new work is remarkably intimate and astute. While ais art was lauded internationally, the frequently provocative and subversive dimension of his art, as well as his. Filmed by andreas heck, original music by tan dun, mixed and resampled by andreas heck. An outspoken human rights activist, ai weiwei infuses his sculptures, photographs, and public artworks with political conviction and personal poetry, often making use of recognizable and historic chinese art forms in critical examinations of a host of contemporary chinese political and social issues. A cultural figure of international renown, ai weiwei is an activist, architect, curator, filmmaker, and chinas most famous artist. The sand storm isnt long clocking in at 10 minutes but the short film does star ai weiwei. Without commercial breaks, the full movie patterns of evidence. Chinas bestknown artist, ai weiwei, has been detained in beijing and police have searched his studio, confiscated computers and questioned.
It was the artist ai weiweis own experience as a prisoner of consciencedetained and jailed by the chinese government for 81 days in 2011that led him to share the images and stories of 176. His largest work to date, law of the journey, is a 70meterlong inflatable boat with 258 faceless refugee figures that was shown in prague. After 81 days of solitary detention world famous chinese artist ai weiwei is put under house arrest. Ai weiwei the fake case is a 20 documentary film about chinese artist and activist ai weiwei, directed by danish filmmaker andreas johnsen. From the outset, the gallery was committed to showing the work of innovative young artists. The fake case chronicles weiweis yearlong battle against the chinese government and a trumpedup taxevasion lawsuit dubbed the fake case. Mary boone gallery was founded in new york in 1977. Director alison klayman chronicles the complexities of ai s life for three years, beginning with his rise to. According to ai weiwei, his father was a very good artist who had studied painting in paris. China at the armory show 2014 in new york city, curator philip tinari reflects on the work of chinese artist ai weiwei. Ai weiwei has worked in everything from paint to readymades. Ai weiwei depicts the brutality of authoritarianism in an.
Ai weiwei at alcatraz, the public art project that haines and the artist collaborated on in. Ai weiwei is shaken, but during the year on probation he steadily finds new ways to provoke and challenge the mighty powers of the chinese authorities in his fight for human rights. Ai weiwei is a chinese contemporary artist, active in blogging, sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural criticism. China, notes ais fascination with artists marcel duchamp and andy warhol and the resulting influence upon the artists work. Held in solitude for eightyone days against his will, worldfamous artist ai weiwei returns home under house arrest to face an onslaught of journalists, art world luminaries, and his family. And his appearances on twitter and the unsparing truths he airs in his blog often lead to police harassment. Christopher lydon interviews the chinese artist ai weiwei. T he american documentarist alison klayman had unequalled access to ai weiwei during the time he was working on the birds nest stadium for the 2008 beijing olympics and staging his large so sorry.
He has also called for greater transparency on the part of the chinese state. Weiwei ai was born on august 28, 1957 in beijing, china. Ai weiweis new exhibition features a room filled with 6,000 stools by jenny zhang on april 3, 2014 renowned chinese artist and political dissident ai weiwei has just launched his largest solo exhibition to date, called evidence, in berlins martingropiusbau. Nov 01, 20 ai weiwei the fake case a film by andreas johnsen a life lived in silence is not a life.
Free ai weiwei is an information hub that started when the chinese artist and activist ai weiwei disappeared for 81 days in march 2011. Ai weiweis appeal 2014 ai weiwei debates with authorities when they raid his studio. Ai weiwei is starring in a secret scifi thriller huffpost. Ai weiwei the fake case trailer english subtitles on vimeo. The case for ai weiwei the art assignment pbs digital. Ai weiwei is a beijingbased artist and activist whose work encompasses sculpture, installation, photography, film, architecture, curation, and social criticism. Firsttime director alison klayman gained unprecedented access to ai while working as a journalist in china. Release dates 1 also known as aka 0 release dates france 2 april 2014 tv premiere.
Ai weiwei debates with authorities when they raid his studio. Upon his release, he was prohibited from traveling abroad, engaging in public speech, and was subjected to continued government surveillance. Discover book depositorys huge selection of ai weiwei books online. Chinas most famous and outspoken visual artist and dissident, ai wei wei works domestically against a background of strict censorship and internationally to great acclaim. He is the son of poet ai ching ai ching or ai qing, pseud. The chinese government attempts to silence artist and free speech activist ai weiwei. In his sculptural works he often uses reclaimed materialsancient pottery and. Ma jian is renowned for his novels exploring subjects censored in china, where his books are banned, and he has been barred from entering the chinese mainland.
The fake case after 81 days of solitary detention world famous chinese artist ai weiwei is put under house arrest. Ai weiwei s internet presence, friction with the chinese government, and now his 18room solo show at martingropiusbau and professorial status at berlins university of the arts has made him into one of our most accessible, talkedabout, and beloved artists in the world the exhibition, titled evidence, shows new works that have. The film won best 2014 documentary in danish film critics associations 67th bodil awards, played in the official selection of 2014 hot docs canadian international documentary festival in toronto and international documentary film. Much of ai weiweis work is a reflection of his own feelings of imprisonment, rage, and powerlessness. Never sorry is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. Ai weiwei phaidon contemporary artist series karen smith, hans ulrich obrist, bernard fibicher, ai weiwei, craig garrett, michele robecchi on. Ai weiwei the fake case a film by andreas johnsen a life lived in silence is not a life. Ai fai thank you love you i fine thank you love you.
New york photographs with english subtitles on vimeo. Today, in addition to artists longassociated with the gallery ross bleckner, francesco clemente, barbara kruger, barry le va. Aug 11, 2012 t he american documentarist alison klayman had unequalled access to ai weiwei during the time he was working on the birds nest stadium for the 2008 beijing olympics and staging his large so sorry. An outspoken human rights activist, ai was arrested by chinese authorities in april 2011 and held incommunicado for three months. Author ma jian on ai weiwei and freedom of expression in. Ai weiwei and his son, ai lao, in the documentary ai weiwei. This book offers reproductions of the approximately 50 works in the exhibition, some of which were specially created for berlins martingropiusbau museum, and some even more specifically for the buildings enormous glasstopped atrium.
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