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for 81 days in 2011, organised by Hong Kong artists and art supporters. Various slogans calling for the immediate release of the artist such as "Free Ai Weiwei", and "Who's afraid of Ai Weiwei" accompany stencilled images of Ai were applied onto pavements, pedestrian overpass, and building walls all
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among the island's population, by spray-painting Ai's image, with the slogan: "Who's afraid of Ai Weiwei", onto street pavement and building wall using a stencil, resulting in Hong Kong police serious crime squad conducting a criminal damage investigation against her, thus turning her into an
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protesters for using chalk to write "Free Ai Weiwei" slogans on the street, when more than 100 protesters took part in "All Hong Kong support graffiti" activities and were encouraged to create graffiti on the street with chalk. The chairman of
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An artist calling himself Cpak Ming projected a giant stenciled Ai Weiwei image onto police, army, and various government building walls, and photographs of these images were being uploaded onto Facebook support Ai Weiwei accounts, and a
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commented that the Hong Kong government is over sensitive and nervous about the graffiti that it behaves like birds that are frighten of sling shots (Chinese:
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I have to thank the police for drawing so much attention to this issue. Even if I have to go to jail, I think that would be a very, very worth it price to pay."
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Jim, Alice Ming-Wai (2014). "Love the Future – Ai Weiwei and Art for Human Rights". In Henders, Susan J.; Cho, Lily (eds.).
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Tangerine, a 22-year-old student artist, was the first Hong Kong artist using graffiti art to promote the awareness of
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using chairs to create a formation represents the Chinese word "prisoner" (Chinese:
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was a series of protests during the PRC government's secret detention of Chinese artist
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Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China
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over Hong Kong, and similar posters and signs were displayed worldwide.
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A group named Art Citizens (藝術公民), formed by Hong Kong visual artist
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Daily Review: Film, stage and music reviews, interviews and more
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spokesperson said they would "reserve its legal rights to act".
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Ai Weiwei
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Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China
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League of Social Democrats
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"Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Describes His 81 Days in Prison—And the Extreme Surveillance, Censorship, and "Soft Detention" He's Endured Since"
"The Street Art Campaign to Free Ai Weiwei"
"Art In The Streets of Hong Kong For Ai Weiwei"
"Andy Warhol versus Ai Weiwei at the NGV"
"'Love the Future!': Netizens Show Support for Ai Weiwei"
"Who's afraid of Ai Weiwei? Graffiti girl risks ten years in jail"
"Hong Kong Graffiti Challenges Chinese Artist's Arrest"
"黃國才:用藝術去改變世界"
Human Rights and the Arts: Perspectives on Global Asia
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978-0739184738
"愛未來 Love the Future Exhibition"
"Ai Weiwei backers project graffiti image onto landmark buildings"
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Wayback Machine
"China army warns over Ai Weiwei image in Hong Kong"
"In Defence of Street Art"
"Pro-Ai graffiti in Hong Kong sparks warning by Chinese army"

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