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Nian Nian Souvenir Seals, 2021

            Jade, ink

To Ai, the significance of design often lies in its potential to give form to our memories and experiences. This graphic monument bears the names of the 5,197 schoolchildren who died in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Ai identified them by organising a volunteer-led investigation. Each name has been stamped in an ancient script, using a hand-carved jade seal.*

From the exhibition

Ai Weiwei: Making Sense 
(April – July 2023)

Ai Weiwei is one of the most significant and recognised artists working today. Known around the world for his powerful art and activism, Ai does not differentiate between disciplines: his practice glides across art, architecture, design, film, collecting and curating.
This major exhibition, developed in collaboration with the artist, is the first to present his work as a commentary on design and what it reveals about our changing values. Through his engagement with material culture, Ai explores the tension between past and present, hand and machine, precious and worthless, construction and destruction.
The exhibition draws on Ai's fascination with historical Chinese artefacts, placing their traditional craftsmanship in dialogue with the more recent history of demolition and urban development in China. The result is a meditation on value – on histories and skills that have been ignored or erased. 
[*Design Musem]

Taken in the Design Musem

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Taken on: July 23, 2023

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23.07.23

London

Kensington

High Street Kensington

Design Museum

Ai Weiwei: Making Sense

Ai Weiwei

Making Sense

historical Chinese artefacts

demolition

urban development

Nian Nian Souvenir Seals

Jade

ink

schoolchildren

Sichuan earthquake

name

stamped

ancient script

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