Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcast

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Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcast

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18 minutes

Released:

Feb 15, 2018

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Podcast episode

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The artist and activist tells how investigating schoolchildren’s deaths in the Sichuan earthquake of 2008 spawned his mammoth installation, Remembering

Released:

Feb 15, 2018

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (17)

The Start is a podcast about artistic beginnings, as told by great artists of our time. Focusing on one piece, they share how these early moments of creativity shaped them, the influence it had on their subsequent work, and what the piece now means to them in retrospect

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Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcast

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