Ai Weiwei promises documentary to follow refugee shows
- 8 years ago
The Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has announced that he will release a documentary film next year on the refugee crisis. Ai, often described as China’s most high-profile artist, was speaking at a news conference in Bern on 27 April to mark the opening of the “Chinese Whispers” exhibition, featuring around 150 works of contemporary Chinese artists at the Zentrum Paul Klee museum.
“It’s a documentary film, we have been shooting over 600 hours. I did hundreds of interviews, there are all kind of people: politicians, refugees or priests or NGOs… all kinds of people involved in this crisis,” he said.
As a political activist, Ai has often used his art to comment on the Chinese government and human rights issues. He has recently been very much invested in raising public awareness about the refugee crisis, with spectacular installations.
One created a memorial-like object in Berlin with discarded life jackets from Lesbos refugees. Another symbolically covered the sculptures of an in
“It’s a documentary film, we have been shooting over 600 hours. I did hundreds of interviews, there are all kind of people: politicians, refugees or priests or NGOs… all kinds of people involved in this crisis,” he said.
As a political activist, Ai has often used his art to comment on the Chinese government and human rights issues. He has recently been very much invested in raising public awareness about the refugee crisis, with spectacular installations.
One created a memorial-like object in Berlin with discarded life jackets from Lesbos refugees. Another symbolically covered the sculptures of an in