The installation is made of steel and has a void in its center depicting two intertwining human figures
A 12-meter high cage-like work by the Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei it has been placed on the Blasieholmen peninsula in Stockholm, in front of the Nationalmuseum, for some days now. The installation is made of steel and has a void in its center depicting two intertwining human figures.
Seeming to escape from the steel bars that surround them, these characters represent the “free passage of all populations and call for a world without borders“, he said Brilliant Minds foundation who organized the installation. It is the first of the “cultural exhibits” that the foundation will support in Stockholm over the next five years and will remain for a year ahead of Nationalmuseumwhile subsequently it will be permanently installed in another part of the Swedish capital that has not yet been announced.
Brilliant Minds, founded in 2015 by Spotify founder Daniel Ek and entrepreneur Ash Pournori, organizes annual events in Stockholm with the aim of supporting creators and helping them come together on ideas that “change the world”. Ai Weiwei was one of the speakers at this year’s event which took place last June.
“Brilliant Minds aims to spark passionate conversations, encourage questions and seek answers, and the Arch unveiling and our new program of public cultural exhibitions will ensure we continue the important conversation for change“, pointed out the CEO of Brilliant Minds, Annastasia Seebohm.
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