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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
Consultant
Contemporary Artist
Designer
Film Director
Human Rights Activist
Painter
Photographer
Sculptor
Social Activist
Peking
Wei-wei Ai
Weiwei Ai
Ai Wei Wei
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Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.
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Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video platforms. But the story still traveled all over the world, carried in hundreds of international media reports.
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There is no media freedom in China. As a result, the society is corrupt and lacks productivity. It is unable to adjust itself for progress. This will lead to the country's eventual downfall.
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A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
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I don't personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart...
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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The IT people who have made such an effort to know and understand computer technology. They are frustrated that you cannot use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in China. They are the first to recognize that the situation is terrible.
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My work is always a ready-made... cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art - to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities.
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I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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Creativity is the power to act.
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Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred they don't care what happens.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.
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[Cultural departments] don't care about culture. Maybe they're the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That's the beauty of the Internet Age.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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