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In 2015 Chinese artist Ai Weiwei took on Alcatraz to raise questions about freedom of expression and human rights, meaning it was especially poignant that he orchestrated the entire thing from Beijing, after having had his passport confiscated by Chinese authorities in 2011. Alcatraz has formerly been a 195h-century military fortress, a notorious federal penitentiary, a site of Native American heritage and protest, and now one of America's most viewed national parks, making it a fitting location for a dialogue about how we define liberty and justice, individual rights and personal responsibility - and an incredible place to explore on Street View.

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural. Ai grew up in the far north-west of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his fathers exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on....

Art at large

https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m0278dyq

In 2015 Chinese artist Ai Weiwei took on Alcatraz to raise questions about freedom of expression and human rights, meaning it was especially poignant that he orchestrated the entire thing from Beijing, after having had his passport confiscated by Chinese authorities in 2011. Alcatraz has formerly been a 195h-century military fortress, a notorious federal penitentiary, a site of Native American heritage and protest, and now one of America's most viewed national parks, making it a fitting location for a dialogue about how we define liberty and justice, individual rights and personal responsibility - and an incredible place to explore on Street View.

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural. Ai grew up in the far north-west of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his fathers exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights.

Alcatraz Island is located in San Francisco Bay, 2.01 km offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The small island was developed with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison, and a federal prison from 1934 until 21 March 1963. The water currents around the island were high at all times, which presumably decreased the chance of an inmate escaping.