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AIWW PETITION ANIMATION
AIWW PETITION ANIMATION (2011) 30 secs
Directed and drawn by Trish McAdam
Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man morphs into Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
5 x 30 second, animation loop, aimed at advertising a petition for the release of the internationally acclaimed Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei on http://www.change.org/.
The petition, started by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, was a response to the detention of Ai WeiWei on April 3rd 2011, by the Chinese authorities.
The video was updated several times while Ai Weiwei's was still in prison. He was released on June 22nd 2011 but he is still not allowed to travel outside China.
Exhibited as part of Public Gesture - The Lab - May 2011 - Dublin, Ireland
Directed and drawn by Trish McAdam
Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man morphs into Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
5 x 30 second, animation loop, aimed at advertising a petition for the release of the internationally acclaimed Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei on http://www.change.org/.
The petition, started by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, was a response to the detention of Ai WeiWei on April 3rd 2011, by the Chinese authorities.
The video was updated several times while Ai Weiwei's was still in prison. He was released on June 22nd 2011 but he is still not allowed to travel outside China.
Exhibited as part of Public Gesture - The Lab - May 2011 - Dublin, Ireland