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Ai Weiwei Launches Brooklyn Show from Afar | National Geographic


so we have teams from our studio to make

so we have teams from our studio to make sure everything is set up accordingly

not being able to leave tells you who is

not being able to leave tells you who is in charge and how wonderful your life

in charge and how wonderful your life

in charge and how wonderful your life can be it always reminds you you can

can be it always reminds you you can

can be it always reminds you you can always be arrested or disappeared the

always be arrested or disappeared the

always be arrested or disappeared the major challenge is that he doesn’t have

major challenge is that he doesn’t have

major challenge is that he doesn’t have his passport and that he has this major

his passport and that he has this major

his passport and that he has this major exhibition here will be seen by

exhibition here will be seen by

exhibition here will be seen by thousands of people

thousands of people

thousands of people except for Iowa away one of the

except for Iowa away one of the

except for Iowa away one of the challenges is in some cases just the

challenges is in some cases just the

challenges is in some cases just the scale sacred I mean that’s a work of six

scale sacred I mean that’s a work of six

scale sacred I mean that’s a work of six boxes that each weigh about 4,000 to

boxes that each weigh about 4,000 to

boxes that each weigh about 4,000 to 5,000 pounds and you start thinking

5,000 pounds and you start thinking

5,000 pounds and you start thinking about what are the shipping arrangements

about what are the shipping arrangements

about what are the shipping arrangements that need to be made what are the cost

that need to be made what are the cost

that need to be made what are the cost that there’s logistical challenges of

that there’s logistical challenges of

that there’s logistical challenges of installation of getting him into the

installation of getting him into the

installation of getting him into the building into their location that took a

building into their location that took a

building into their location that took a number of rounds of revisions throughout

number of rounds of revisions throughout

number of rounds of revisions throughout the process I lived in New York for ten

the process I lived in New York for ten

the process I lived in New York for ten years and I think this is a very unique

years and I think this is a very unique

years and I think this is a very unique opportunity for me have a chance to come

opportunity for me have a chance to come

opportunity for me have a chance to come back to New York

back to New York

back to New York I can never imagine why was he in New

I can never imagine why was he in New

I can never imagine why was he in New York could ever show you enemy Lane but

York could ever show you enemy Lane but

York could ever show you enemy Lane but now today I have the chance to show my

now today I have the chance to show my

now today I have the chance to show my works here I am very happy about it

works here I am very happy about it

works here I am very happy about it I was not becoming political of foreign

I was not becoming political of foreign

I was not becoming political of foreign political living a very political state

political living a very political state

political living a very political state every expression has to be examined or

every expression has to be examined or

every expression has to be examined or it can bring you great trouble for your

it can bring you great trouble for your

it can bring you great trouble for your life so this is very very essential

life so this is very very essential

life so this is very very essential values for artists to protect and to

values for artists to protect and to

values for artists to protect and to fight for and it will never come as okay

fight for and it will never come as okay

fight for and it will never come as okay to try and not become a political in

to try and not become a political in

to try and not become a political in this kind of society it’s also a very

this kind of society it’s also a very

this kind of society it’s also a very political and conscious or not aware

political and conscious or not aware

political and conscious or not aware what is happening so I don’t think

what is happening so I don’t think

what is happening so I don’t think anybody in this kind of society convoy

anybody in this kind of society convoy

anybody in this kind of society convoy to become a political in every show are

to become a political in every show are

to become a political in every show are trying to put in your works the

trying to put in your works the

trying to put in your works the installation about a Haiyan whose a

installation about a Haiyan whose a

installation about a Haiyan whose a woman’s rights activists came about

woman’s rights activists came about

woman’s rights activists came about because she was targeted by authorities

because she was targeted by authorities

because she was targeted by authorities and was packed up with all of her

and was packed up with all of her

and was packed up with all of her belongings and left by the side of the

belongings and left by the side of the

belongings and left by the side of the road I was worried and very deeply

road I was worried and very deeply

road I was worried and very deeply touched so I told her who sent every

touched so I told her who sent every

touched so I told her who sent every single to my studio at the beginning I

single to my studio at the beginning I

single to my studio at the beginning I don’t know what to do is it where it is

don’t know what to do is it where it is

don’t know what to do is it where it is open every box and

open every box and

open every box and photographed over 1,000 atoms so we

photographed over 1,000 atoms so we

photographed over 1,000 atoms so we decide to host it as a mirror in the

decide to host it as a mirror in the

decide to host it as a mirror in the mid-game walls and also hood all

mid-game walls and also hood all

mid-game walls and also hood all Adamson’s sent up the road to tell this

Adamson’s sent up the road to tell this

Adamson’s sent up the road to tell this story what kind of society cannot

story what kind of society cannot

story what kind of society cannot tolerate a lady which put her life in

tolerate a lady which put her life in

tolerate a lady which put her life in risk to help people who has no rights

I try to use my experience and my

I try to use my experience and my knowledge to help those people who has

knowledge to help those people who has

knowledge to help those people who has no voice and to make some kind testimony

no voice and to make some kind testimony

no voice and to make some kind testimony about how to live under this kind power

about how to live under this kind power

about how to live under this kind power in the region I went to the exhibition

in the region I went to the exhibition

in the region I went to the exhibition with my six year old and a year later I

with my six year old and a year later I

with my six year old and a year later I told him that I was going to visit I

told him that I was going to visit I

told him that I was going to visit I went way he remembered his name and he

went way he remembered his name and he

went way he remembered his name and he remembered that exhibition and said oh

remembered that exhibition and said oh

remembered that exhibition and said oh yeah he’s the artist who did that piece

yeah he’s the artist who did that piece

yeah he’s the artist who did that piece about the children who died and that was

about the children who died and that was

about the children who died and that was something that even as a five-year-old

something that even as a five-year-old

something that even as a five-year-old he understood the importance of that and

he understood the importance of that and

he understood the importance of that and the story that that was telling a

the story that that was telling a

the story that that was telling a message that that was sending

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