Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Cats who open doors

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)

Directed by Alison Klayman this documentary features Ai Weiwei and many other Chinese artists. We follow a Chinese artist between 2008 and 2011 while he is at odds with the Chinese government.

What this documentary does is use Ai Weiwei to look at not just art but the idea of how we are all part of a larger whole. While this is not exactly a warts and all piece, it has a very clear bias, it does ask some interesting questions on what art is and the future of our interconnected worlds. Largely the film is well made and mixes in digital content well but never offers us another point of view which is a bit of a disappointment.


4/5

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