Anish Kapoor와 친구들: 자유를 위한 강남스타일 비디오 제작

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 of the such a wide wide public

allows us to perhaps insert into it other meanings.

I come along because at least to initiate trying to do something

and I feel new big 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 believed free the all my life

unable to say what I want

do what I want

and just to imagine the guys

who get punished and you know excluded from society

because they are doing the same thing.

It's really, it's really upsetting.

I am not here to dance

because my knees gave up their dancing days long ago.

But I am here to try to wave my arms a bit.

I think I can manage that.