Anish Kapoor and friends: Recording Gangnam for Freedom

Louisiana Channel joined, along with hundreds of friends, to attend British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor's studio recording of the 'Gangnam for Freedom'-video in support of Ai Weiwei.

Earlier this year Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei recorded a gangnam style video, dancing handcuffed, sending a message to the Chinese authorities who responded by banning the video as soon as it came online. Louisiana Channel joined the invitation, along with hundreds of friends, to attend British-Indian Anish Kapoor's studio recording of the 'Gangnam for freedom'-video in support of Ai Weiwei. In this video Kapoor comments on the possibilities of using pop music as a means of expressing political messages.

Recorded in London, November 2012.

Filmed by Matthias Pilz.

Produced by Kamilla Bruus and Christian Lund.

Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

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Wei wei is courageous and able

to make both his art and his being

revolve around these questions

of freedom of speech, freedom of expression.

I mean it's interesting how here in London,

and across the world, I must say,

how many people have wanted to take part in this event.

Through this silly act of dancing of dancing,

you know, we can actually make a difference.

It's very very interesting, isn't it?

That pop music, which is in a way the most opened of cultural forums,

of lands itself to such a wide wide public

and allows us to perhaps insert into it other meanings.

I come along because at least Anish is trying to do something

and I feel little bit guilty about not having done something myself.

But here I am, I can participate in

some activity that supports a cause very near to my heart.

It's unimaginable to me

who've lived free the all my life

able to say what I want

do what I want

and just to imagine today guys

who get punished and you know, excluded from society

because they're doing the same thing.

It's, it's really, it's really upsetting.

I'm not here to dance

because my knees gave up their dancing days long ago.

But I'm here to trying wave my arms

I think I can manage that.