In Conversation with Ai Weiwei - Human Rights Activist & Artist

Join us for an event with Ai Weiwei, discussing his career as an artist and activist. When: November 10th 2023, 17:15 - 19:00. PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION BELOW. THIS EVENT ***WILL NOT*** BE HELD AT WADHAM COLLEGE. Please see the new location here: Andrew Wiles Building Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Mathematical Institute Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 6GG For a map of where to go, please follow this link: https://ibb.co/VtQCggh **WE ANTICIPATE THIS EVENT WILL REACH CAPACITY QUICKLY SO PLEASE SECURE YOUR TICKET NOW BEFORE THE EVENT HITS CAPACITY** Important Notice: This event is only open to members of the University. A valid University ID will be required for admission. The event will operate on a first come first serve capacity. Ai Weiwei is renowned for making strong aesthetic statements that resonate with timely phenomena across today’s geopolitical world. From architecture to installations, social media to documentaries, Ai uses a wide range of mediums as expressions of new ways for his audiences to examine society and its values. Recent exhibitions include: Ai Weiwei: Resetting Memories at MARCO in Monterrey, Ai Weiwei: Bare Life at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum in St. Louis, Ai Weiwei at the K20/K21 in Dusseldorf, and Good Fences Make Good Neighbors with the Public Art Fund in New York City. Ai was born in Beijing in 1957 and currently resides and works in Berlin. Ai is the recipient of the 2015 Ambassador of Conscience Award from Amnesty International and the 2012 Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent from the Human Rights Foundation. Ai Weiwei will give prepared remarks before taking questions from the audience. ~ Oxford Speaks and The Edgar Wind (History of Art) Society Detailed directions: Outside Woodstock Road, please find the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter outside the Triton Fountain. Once you have entered the circular quarter, please head rightwards (North direction) towards the Mathematical Institute, where the event will be held. The event will be held in the L1 Theatre.