Ai Weiwei research

Ai Weiwei research

I have decided to research Ai Weiwei as my topic for the logotype brief. The reason I chose him was because of his ideas towards freedom of speech and how he calls attention to human rights violations. I find it inspiring how he translates these things through his art, meaning they're not just another picture on the wall but made for a real reason. He's managed to get himself into trouble numerous times for his actions such as being under house arrest, being beaten by police and having his studio bull-dozed. The reason he got into trouble for expressing freedom of speech was because China is a country where free speech is not recognised as a right. With all of his anarchistic pieces of work, such as 'smashing a dynasty urn', I feel like I could really branch out and almost do whatever I wanted with this logotype given the fact Weiwei's work is usually quite daring. I could try breaking items in different ways like tearing, smashing and snapping them and rearranging them into letter forms. I could also translate Ai Weiwei's name into the Chinese version and mess with that. Take the English version apart and arrange it into the Chinese form.