Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
Ai WeiweiI suddenly realized I was getting ten opening notes a day on my mobile phone, more than when I was in New York. But this is China, where nothing is surprising.
Ai WeiweiI was in the most restricted prison in China, the most tough. The design of the prison is modeled for internal crimes of the Communist party, so it's like a mafia family's law. It's independent to the law this nation openly applies. 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.
Ai WeiweiAs a total activity - I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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