Interviews
Ai Weiwei Interview / FAKE Design
05.27.09 / 2008 · Ai Weiwei · Beijing · China · FAKE Design · Interview
Interview to Ai Weiwei, chinese conceptual artist and director of FAKE Design sice 1999.
Ai Weiwei -son of poet Ai Qing- returned to Beijing in 1993 after a decade in New York. He soon became a world celebrity by co-curating Fuck Off, an alternative to 2000 Shanghai Biennale.
A year before that, he designed his first work: his own studio/house in the outskirts of Beijing. Up to know, he has designed several buildings in his neighborhood [Chaochangdi] and since 2004 he has been closely collaborating with swiss practice Herzog & De Meuron -in Jinhua Architecture Park, Beijing Olympic Stadium and 2008 Venice Viennale, among other projects.
In this episode, Ai first speaks about his own background and -secondly- on how the current political situation of China affects the work of practicing architects, academics and even architecture media.
Only on 0300TV.
http://www.vimeo.com/4740304Recorded May 2008
Interview by Diego Grass P.
Transcripted by Diego Grass P.
Edited by Diego Grass P.
Music by Matías Aguayo
Posted by Diego Grass P.
