He deserves this salute. The most recent debate in Beijing is between him and a new exhibition which removed his name from brochure. While many of his counterparts kept silents, some few artists shouldered with him, still.
On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, Yosem Companys <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Marija Silk <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > > The run of AI WEIWEI THE FAKE CASE, the film about China’s censorship, has > been extended in SF – we’re playing at Roxie Theatre from today until > Thursday 6/5! > > Get your tix: http://ow.ly/xrMib > > A LIFE LIVED IN SILENCE IS NOT A LIFE. > > Named Best Documentary of 2014 by the Danish Film Critics’ Association > > After 81 days of solitary detention world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei > is put under house arrest. 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. Picking up where Alison Klayman’s Ai Weiwei: > Never Sorry left off, AI WEIWEI THE FAKE CASE is more explicitly political, > reflecting Ai’s battle against the gigantic lawsuit thrust upon him by the > Chinese government in an effort to silence him. Ai Weiwei is shaken, but > during his 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 and free expression. The film also features the creation of > S.A.C.R.E.D., a new work depicting Ai’s time in prison, which premiered > during the Venice Biennale and is now on view at the Brooklyn Museum. > > Thank you so much & have a great weekend! > > Best regards, > > Marija Silk > Distribution and Marketing Manager > International Film Circuit > 244 Fifth Ave, 11th Floor > New York, NY 10001 > 212-777-5690 > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > -- Isaac Mao =PGP <http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9823885A9B139A1C> (E131 65B4 E6DC A5FC 82D6 35E6 9823 885A 9B13 9A1C) sharism, http://sharism.org Principal Scientist, Sharism Lab, http://sharismlab.com Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University, 2008-2009
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