Anish Kapoor & Friends
Gangnam for Freedom

Louisiana Channel joined when hundreds of friends attended British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor’s studio recording of the ‘Gangnam for Freedom’-video in support of Ai Weiwei.

Earlier this year Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei recorded a gangnam style video, dancing handcuffed, sending a message to the Chinese authorities who responded by banning the video as soon as it came online. Louisiana Channel joined the invitation, along with hundreds of friends, to attend British-Indian Anish Kapoor’s studio recording of the ‘Gangnam for Freedom’-video in support of Ai Weiwei. In this video Kapoor comments on the possibilities of using pop music as a means of expressing political messages.

Recorded in London, November 2012.

Camera: Matthias Pilz
Produced by: Kamilla Bruus and Christian Lund
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2012

Supported by Nordea-fonden

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