Chapter
Ai Weiwei @Large on Alcatraz
A Family Lineage of Conscientious Objection
Art & Activism, 1978–1981
Picturing Dissent: The New York Photographs (1981–1993)
Beijing East Village, Community & Curation
Social Media as Interventionist Art (2006–2014)
Wenchuan Earthquake in Sichuan & Its Aftermath
The Claws of the River Crabs
Eighty-One Days and Counting—Incarceration
Flowers for Freedom and Remembrance
Flying with Fettered Wings
The Power of the Powerless
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Installation, 2014 Handmade kites made of paper, silk, and bamboo
Installation, 2014 LEGO plastic bricks
Installation, 2014 Tibetan solar panels, steel
Hospital Wing and Psychiatric Observation Rooms
Installation, 2014 Porcelain, hospital fixtures (sinks, toilets, bathtubs)
Sound installation, 2014 Audio files, speakers
Installation, 2014 Custom-made furniture, speakers, audio files
Virgin Mary, Put Putin Away (Punk Prayer)
Raise the Tibetan Flag, Children of the Snowland
Interactive installation, 2014 Custom-designed postcards, racks, tables and chairs
Uncle Sam’s Devil’s Island (1933)
Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)
On the American Free Speech Movement (1964–1965)
Proclamation and Letter Regarding the Native American Occupation on Alcatraz Island (1969)
Direct from Alcatraz: Interview with John Trudell (1969)
Address to the World Congress of the International PEN Club (1994)