I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
AI WEIWEIChina is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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I never had a sense of home.
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
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Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there’s still a one-party system and strong censorship.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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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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It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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