AI WEIWEI: SO SORRY | CIRCA

Purchase a signed #CIRCAECONOMY print: https://www.shop.circa.art Follow CIRCA on Instagram:   / circa.art   Follow CIRCA on TikTok:   / circa.art   (2009) SO SORRY is a work about an individual’s direct confrontation with a police state and his at- tempt to hold the system to account. In 2009, Ai Weiwei traveled to Chengdu, Sichuan province, to testify in court on behalf of Tan Zuoren, an activist involved with investigating the question- able circumstances surrounding the collapse of school buildings during the Sichuan earthquake. Tan stood accused of “subversion of state power.” On the eve of the trial, police broke into Ai’s hotel room and he was beat on the head during the altercation. One month later, Ai traveled to Munich to install an exhibition at the Haus der Kunst. Ai was rushed to emergency care where he underwent surgery for a brain haemorrhage resulting from the earlier beating. Video edited by: Cui Xing Quote: They have to have an enemy. Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist (b. 1957) Music Credit: Ai Weiwei and Zuoxiao Zuzhou, “Laoma Tihua” from The Divine Comedy, 2013 Artworks: So Sorry, 2009