The artist and activist tells how investigating schoolchildren’s deaths in the Sichuan earthquake of 2008 spawned his mammoth installation,RememberingSubscribe and review on Apple Podcasts or Acast, and join the discussion on Facebook and TwitterIn 2008, and an earthquake devastated Sichuan province in China,claiming the lives of more than 69000 people. Following accusations from parents that substandard construction caused the collapse of schools across in the region, the artist Ai Weiwei set upon a political investigation that would name every lost student and call the government to account for their deaths.
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Source: guardian.co.uk