Interview: Ai Weiwei: I’m like a high-end refugee 艾未未：我就像是一个高端难民

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Wei-Wei AI 艾未未

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4-1-2018

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Exhibition Document

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This is a scripted version of an interview with Ai Weiwei in both Chinese and English. In this interview, he talks about his experience of exile from China and identifies himself as a high-end refugee. He also points out that Hong Kong, as an asylum for refugees from China for various reasons, has a special connection with him. In addition, he discusses the subtle dynamics between his humanitarian focus and his artistic expression. (Zhuocheng '26)