In 2017, Ge Yulu, 27, a graduate with a Master’s degree in Experimental Art from China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), rose to fame in China because of one of his works of art: he had secretly named a road in Beijing after himself three years ago, and
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Since the publication of this video, China has said to have released most of all the Uighurs “prisoners”, the muslim minority living in northwest china, from the recently exposed internment camps. Already living in a high-tech surveillance state, this muslim minority group has been watched, humiliated, and locked up for
In the year 2017, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City released several art pieces in an exhibit called, “Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World.” Made by Alexander Monroe, the Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art, along with Hou Hanru and Phillip Tinariin, the purpose
Sun Yuan and Peng Yu’s video, “Dogs That Cannot Touch Each Other,” was scheduled to be displayed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in October 2017. The seven minute video depicts eight American pit bulls harnessed to eight treadmills. The treadmills are operating at a fast speed and people
Criminal-censorship or criminal censorship? China’s Golden Shield Project is regarded as the world’s most influential system of censorship and surveillance, right alongside Google. With a broad blanket statement stating that “Individuals are prohibited from using the Internet to: harm national security; disclose state secrets; or injure the interests of the
Who remembers the last time they were told what they were not allowed to view? When you were living in your parent’s house before you turned 18? Most people may believe that is true, that their parents were the last people who had control over what they watched but in
In China, if you want to get the business from other people, or you want to have a good relationship with your boss. You may need to drink much alcoholic drinks to show your sincerity, and it also means you are respecting people who have dinner with you. It lead
Imagine gathering in a city square to mourn the death of a beloved political leader. Days later, you participate in active political protests here, and eventually these demonstrations get increasingly intense. This causes the leader of your country to order arrests and massacre of your fellow demonstrators. After this, you
The frustration and disappointment with the Chinese government can be seen in many of Ai Weiwei’s conceptual forms of art. The government at this time is full of corrupt leaders and desperate people in need of political reform, including democratic rights to freedom. In response to the corruption, Weiwei combated
Chicago, Illinois holds the Cloud Gate, or as we most commonly refer to it as The Bean. This bean shape mirror, created by Anish Kapoor, is located in the center of Millennium Park and is a popular tourist attraction. On the other side of the world in Karamay, China, holds