Ai weiwei to release epic film that humanizes global. Ai weiwei his only exposure to art and literature until adulthood. Feb 08, 2018 a conversation with ai weiwei and leoluca orlando mayor of palermo, moderated by catherine vuylsteke. Mar 30, 2011 she is in the process of editing together a fulllength documentary called ai weiwei. If you are going to watch one documentary this year make it this one.
Filmed by andreas heck, original music by tan dun, mixed and resampled by andreas heck. Ai weiwei, chinese artist and activist whose work included sculptural installations, architectural projects, photographs, and videos. Evidence 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. Unfortunately for them, the reputation of the man time magazine shortlisted for 2011s person of the year cover story just seems to grow. Dec 10, 2017 the film programme francine stock presents radio 4s weekly look at the world of film. His father, a famous revolutionary poet, fell out of favor with the chinese communist government. Weiwei ai was born on august 28, 1957 in beijing, china. Artist ai weiwei reveals why he has made a featurelength documentary about refugee crises around the world. Ai shot the film, which is now in postproduction, with the help of 25 film crews in afghanistan, bangladesh, france, greece, germany, lebanon, jordan and mexico, among other countries. The ai weiwei who admires the conundrums of jasper johns, that most beloved of contemporary aesthetes, is very much in evidence at the hirshhorn in a work such as surveillance camera, a white. Never sorry covers the noted chinese artists battle against the authorities in beijing. She is in the process of editing together a fulllength documentary called ai weiwei. Ai weiweis film is most potent when it is on the move, following this human flow as people trudge onwards.
Ai weiwei refugee crisis film to be screened at venice film. The highestranked living artist, coming in at number thirteen, was the chinese artist and activist ai weiwei. Sehr interessant auch fur besucher seiner ausstellung evidence im berliner martingropiusbau. Ai weiwei is a chinese contemporary artist, active in blogging, sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural criticism. Jul 30, 2017 chinese dissident artist ai weiweis documentary about the current refugee crisis, human flow, will premiere at the 74th venice international film festival. Chinese artist and activist ai weiwei provides the fascinating and provocative focal point for the documentary ai weiwei.
Martingropiusbau prepared one of the biggest exhibitions of ai weiwei. On eve of documentarys release, china lifts artistactivist ai weiwei s bail conditions. Either you know the name ai weiwei or you are, to some degree, clueless. T he american documentarist alison klayman had unequalled access to ai weiwei during the time he was working on the birds nest stadium for. Chinese artist and activist ai weiwei provides the fascinating and provocative focal point. Artist ai weiwei reveals why he has made a featurelength documentary about refugee crises around the. The film has been translated into more than 24 languages. The article provides a holistic appraisal of activistartist ai weiweis work.
My friend stephanie tung invited me to make a short film about an art show she was curating. Documenting the story of ai weiwei whos afraid of ai. Besides this act of remembering through an assembled name list of the departed children, he has called upon the government to take responsibility. Ai weiwei wasnt allowed to travel to berlin, so he designed the show in his studio in beijing. China at the armory show 2014 in new york city, curator philip tinari reflects on the work of chinese artist ai weiwei. Known for observing and commenting political and social changes of his home country but also the western world, his artistic practice revolves around sensitive themes such as human rights, freedom of speech, economic exploitation or environmental damages and often takes. He is the subject of two other international solo exhibitions, in berlin at the martin gropiusbau evidence, until 7 july and in new york, where. Stuck in china, ai weiwei continues art activism exhibit of ais work opens in berlin as a kickstarter project launches for a film starring the artist. Dec 07, 2017 ai weiweis film is most potent when it is on the move, following this human flow as people trudge onwards. And ai has an interesting relationship with the media, at. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 30 days to finish once started. 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 weigh him down. Ai weiwei is a chinese contemporary artist and activist. Apr 02, 2014 stuck in china, ai weiwei continues art activism exhibit of ai s work opens in berlin as a kickstarter project launches for a film starring the artist.
She also began shooting her film on ai weiwei, following the artist for three years and gaining unprecedented access to his life and work. Human flow, an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist ai weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. China, notes ais fascination with artists marcel duchamp and andy warhol and the resulting influence upon the artists work. Human flow 2017 full movie download full hd youtube. Ausfuhrliche filmbeschreibung worum geht es bei ai weiwei. 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. While ais art was lauded internationally, its frequently provocative dimension as well as his political outspokenness triggered forms of repression from chinese authorities. Alison klayman, the firsttime director of the documentary ai weiwei. Usually nestled in corners of gallery spaces or placed centre stage in vacant museum rooms, the installations lifeless crustaceans are as though removed from their traditional habitat and thrown into an artificial spotlight, unsuspectedly becoming prey to any. Upon his release, he was prohibited from traveling abroad, engaging in public speech, and was subjected to continued government surveillance. His camera appears to be mounted high above the stream of refugees, or evidently. An outspoken human rights activist, ai was arrested by chinese authorities in april 2011 and held incommunicado for three months. Find more works of this artist at best visual art database. A groundbreaking new documentary about the global refugee.
The film is not a comprehensive study of ais art, says critic mark jenkins, but it is. Gereon sievernich, thomas eller, wulf herzogenrath, uta rahmansteinert, klaas ruitenbeek, ai weiwei. Apr 22, 2014 exhibition ai weiweis evidence article by aj kiyoizumi in berlin. 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. Never sorry is the stunning inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global.
Free ai weiwei is an information hub that started when the chinese artist and activist ai weiwei disappeared for 81 days in march 2011. Never sorry director actually hopes her movie will be. I left china telling my mother that i would return only when i was more famous than picasso. That was the same year security forces detained ai at the. Firsttime director, alison klayman, spent three years following weiwei as he prepared for major. Human flow, a film about the global refugee crisis shot in 23 countries that documents the artists desire to understand it, will be released this fall. Ai s passport has not been returned to him and his freedom of travel remains restricted.
Known for observing and commenting political and social changes of his home country but also the western world, his artistic practice revolves around sensitive themes such as human rights, freedom of speech, economic. Ai weiweis work in chinese art history and looks at how the artist has deliberately. Chinese conceptual artist ai weiwei explores the multitude and complexity of the challenges within our contemporary society. Tinari, director of the ullens center for contemporary art in beijing and curator of armory focus. Ai weiwei hopes that by seeing the film, audiences can get a better understanding of the refugee crisis, and that they can also take action on what they have witnessed. He enrolled in the beijing film academy at the age of. Ai weiwei is a beijingbased artist and activist whose work encompasses sculpture, installation, photography, film, architecture, curation, and social criticism. The retrospective is titled evidence and is seen as a political exhibition with works that comment on social and political issues in china. Producer cites fear of china a segment directed by mr. The single dumbass, premiered last month along with its music video, is included in the album. Never sorry examines the complex intersection of artistic practice and social activism as seen through the life and art of chinas preeminent.
His company, fake design, treats projects as evidence of mankind at. Ai wei weis human flow is about more than the refugee. Accompanying a major new exhibition of ai weiweis work. Ai weiwei was born in 1957, a remarkable figure of chinese conceptual art and excessivism. It is now a source for news about the artist and his work. Jun 03, 2014 much of ai weiweis work is a reflection of his own feelings of imprisonment, rage, and powerlessness. Aug 10, 2012 chinese artist and activist ai weiwei provides the fascinating and provocative focal point for the documentary ai weiwei. 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. Ai weiwei born 1957 is an artist, architect and politician.
Ai weiwei began citizens investigation to remember the children who perished in the sichuan earthquake, and to console the parents who lost them. A conversation with ai weiwei and leoluca orlando mayor of palermo, moderated by catherine vuylsteke. This video takes you on a walk through the exhibition. Ai wei wei as wonderful dissident, terrible artist the. Artist, activist and director ai weiwei captures the global refugee crisis the greatest human displacement since world war ii in this breathtakingly epic film journey human flow. Interview in german with curator gereon sievernich and impressions of the exhibition ai weiwei. The hit list 2011 full hd video movie the hit list 2011.
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