Film Viewing: SEGMENT: Ai Weiwei in 'Change'

• Ai Weiwei
• taken into custody April 3, 2011
• was unable to attend his own art revealing of animal circling
• Ai Weiwei believes that art should be for everyone
• public art is the best form of art

•  the interviewers called Ai Weiwei:
• Laoshi- Chinese for 'teacher'
• Always was aware that they were learning something new and that it's not just some menial task
• Provided a lot of freedom and didn't simply impose his art theories on people
• Ai Weiwei upsets the government and creates noise to:
• not be quiet about ideas
• grew up knowing art was:
• controversial
• powerful
• Coming back to China after being so long in New York had him come in with new ideas
• Put himself in as public view as possible
• by showing what he was he had nothing to hide