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ah. one good usual, when the cultural revolution in china came to an end from the political tension began to subside. tonya, the artists and activists had already begun to emerge looking for a new concept of art. art that was real human. jen, should he regime feeling every one felt that change was india and everyone wanted to contribute lead switching to be a wan show

me what and we were all very young like we saw a small window opening in china, which at that point was so closed ah,

under chairman mills leadership, we will smash old ways of thinking, cultural concept, habits and customs, and overcome all obstacles and our past year. say the cultural revolution began on august 18th, 1966. when mal met with the red guards on tenements square in beijing to war, that mark the start of fundamental change. smell was suddenly no longer a mere mortal. i mean, of course he was, but that's when people made him a god. here pay him and so 20 ocean realm of culture in art and propaganda came under the direct control of mao's wife, whose name was john ching she and the people who worked with her,

they narrowed down what they felt was a 100 percent reliable, revolutionary art. the poster arden and graphic art in the novels and short stories were similarly restricted. for the further you, none of our artistic works towed the party line. well, our art was very free and of course we were completely self taught in a day. it says yell on the one day when mary duck, dusk time i went to see him. oh oh, when the see my friend, the pentagon, he wasn't the home. i'm a, his father was a lie about it in the crowd, the temporary bed. and i realized the under the bookshelf, that book as a survivor didn't take him by writer garza did in the burn. cover of the dust was

a complete art history. i know that the force of time i saw the impressionist on the 1st time i realized that the heart can be like that. ah hm. ah . what's your lease was originally a toy that was broken and you tell the child threw it away to where all of your villa teacher i brought the paper

from china. the kid threw his broken toy on the floor and i picked it up and turned it into art. authoritative of, you know, tell her chung, she was a well now used her and the gang of 4 to kill people chanting chunks and didn't hold a weapon. she herself, was a weapon jolting, bass mouse weapon was about to tell her a

use the rest of the gang of 4 marked a turning point in china. ha mm . mm. shortly after the end of the cultural revolution, when it now had died, dung shall ping emerged as the leader of the old guard sort of step by step. and dung shall ping was trying to put china back together again. and one of dunn's main lieutenants said among those who had been killed, the imprisoned, fired, and their relatives, the total number of people who had been hurt by the culture revolution was a 100000000.

ah patio, it was an to me the she was. yeah, i saw this man in the middle of beijing. covet in mouth, badges don't begin like he had come all the way to beijing, what he's hoping to solve his problems. to petition leave michelle pay the do. he made a profound impression on me. so i took this photograph in cool this is betty and compassion in the image. you but also great hope. that's how human beings are the heel. that's how we chinese have survived for thousands of years and go to day

on corner. ah, to the challenger, she, this is where democracy activists put up their daisy brow and big character posters . but the want, i'm here if you and they wanted compensation for the suffering caused by the cultural revolution. i see it, i'm sure it's either guides you oh oh, i people on the way home from groups they stopped there to read.

oh, it was not very noisy. people quietly read text to pronounce. they talked a little bit among them, but were no big discussions. many chinese had never seen anything like that before . were people with criticized to cover men, so they stood there, open mouse. ah, it had not been long ago that people were notches put into prison me an executed tor, criticizing mo, with the communist arkwin. very tap and all in public gypsies for josh, if we should delete the stars, our group is closely associated with democracy wall, as well as the activists to express their views on democracy and freedom their there was also jin tian to de la a non official literary magazine law,

the windshield coul to share jean yuki outgoing, national shitty toots, honey. we really wanted to contribute to democracy wall who told the truth. so we spontaneously decided to publish a magazine featuring new poems and novels, photography, and pain detail. he, she cinder, she ha, ha, ha. she, she'll one we wanted to find out what freedom of the press really means you're self occupied. so we came up with the idea of publishing a magazine button as leo i suggested calling it today, the hotel. i found that we should try to represent the present to feel that the moment amelia daniel keen, sir oregon washing long ray and i were the founders of the artist group,

the stars and alicia. we wanted to create a space where everything revolved around art. we called ourselves the stars because now was the sun youth origin mother don't really that hail under the certainly one of those. oh the over the stars i said with her thought, okay, that's good idea. sounds quite modest. it was thought the thought only shining very, the bargain i am, when the very comes of it is a good. they started, i got the idea. have are, are the show and then include me. and then i say, i have a friend. i know some one daughter would carry. call the one copier m o to come when the doctor will my room at that time as annie 8 square meters. oh, i hung my aunt on the wall, kept it in the closet. and under my ban on the 20th,

ah, the long have you listen bill to be to sure. just one k. ping's work was very political. his sculpture silence is a head with the mouth plugged into the door, hence the name. it's a sculpture that conveys a sense of constraint on seeing him. oh, i hang you. it's the way to her trunk for one of my 1st paintings to picks, a member of the red guard said that a young girl holding a leather belt in her hand. any longer p that it looks like she is just hit someone with it and she's looking at a distorted image of herself in a cracked mirror. well, cannot safely busy let's it's, she seems lost a bit how much and confused home yachts here. so hong roy was

confident, the exhibition would be a sensation condemned handle. ah, we'll go for it while you're away. and i went to the authorities every day to apply for an exhibition space. finally, you, the artist association told us to give up for that there was no way we would get a permit. it kind of invalid bill for me to change. so we decided to exhibit outside the national art museum, either the national guard or this is offense, oliver is not a wall is all of the, the mental my boyfriend's perfect of hon. the pictures, i presume, and i'm was just trying to thaw until prepare the show. ah,

mary jo nickelodeon, we couldn't have the invitations officially printed, so we did it ourselves in secret. doing gee, and that he could see it. i borrowed a printing machine from my work place to that she did it and to delays wife type the tax and the she will laugh at that here. that's how we organized the exhibition to hint oh good. the framing the hanging of the everything propelled until the, the evening of the night. i had to say that i think now that credit getting credit credit expire. exciting. i think that makes a lot on the whole bathing was the them thing new and everybody back to home grab a rest. oh no, a great the next morning, something like a salmon,

the heat a clock or something they all got there. he was old tricycle on the bicycle, whatever, take it from the old of different that isn't out of them to start a hun. honda show, ah woman, i should send me easily. the 10 soldier we 23 explorers of our 2 are presenting our modest findings the world offers boundless possibilities to those who wish to explore it. can we see the world with our eyes and engaging with our brushes and carving knives? the old o dedicate our works to the earth. i'm an entry to the people on clunking the 400 in me susan: those people were 1st shocked. and then surprised garland india.

of course some people were baffled. they didn't understand toma ah to the just wanted to know what it all meant. is this abstract they ask and i just replied: it's not abstract. it's just a little deformed and modified int. ah, to really that's what he tell in one work was called cry of the people to learn this yourself all at the bottom of the picture. there were some small beijing style houses. small bungalows 1st on this at the top are outstretched hands. t little angry hands now begging hands helpless hands. you couldn't vanish. all kinds

of hands accusing hands expressing the voices of different people when genuine, you know the ocean. ah one rena. thou shy one painting by long re titled re bath made a great impression on me with credential arranging to next the ruins of the old summer palace eager to shoot me. sure. yeah, i mean, at that time many young artists went to the old summer palace to paint long, really focused on the ruins in the old domes, stones and columns at the palace. it was july here truly that he depicted them as human beings. what were you got the feeling they were supporting and lifting one another are from gun. it's an image that shows an awakening. china, so ship while it's cutting

ball the ball, the paper on the southerly become the a very big thing or just outside the museum inside there was an official exhibition. you shouldn't that people who've been to the national museum said who your exhibition is much better than the one i signed by the gonna kill by the late. how, of cause of the ways it has a book. the people arrive a lot of, of the a lot of wonderful fav from all the different operations old officers took the soldiers that even the workers in patton, his student, val, youngsters, the old kind of people ah

ah, ah ah, ah, this reaction was very heartfelt. we'd never seen anything like it on me, but the exhibit didn't last long. the police broke it up, dora, or by the police yelled no exhibitions here during july.

you didn't? there was a deathly silence. m though, take it all down. they shouted, mailed. no one moved to the police officer, turned around and bellow, did the crowd take everything down which i had i exhibitions are not allowed here. do you hear t m a long ray walked forward and politely asked, why is the activation band? we would like to know what they did already. the police officer replied, if i say no exhibitions are allowed on, no exhibitions are allowed that the police claimed we were disturbing the social order. under this pretext the exhibition was ban.

ah, i doubt that you are that we saw it as a violation of the chinese constitution whom you citizens have the right to express themselves on the deal which ali pamela, they joined forces. they worked with the democracy while artists and political activists to demand freedom of art with zeal. i mean, we have no choice any more. we have to demonstrate. this is not actually what we want you right, but we will not allow the abuse and suppression of art to continue. this is the father schumann lee was the editor of practically the most important of the democracy. charles, at that time, a proof for him. she would

leave us a little bit older than the others and he was quite respected by everybody and a democracy movement. but he and oh, so other activists off the very much aware that they could be arrested at any moment. whoa, whoa, whoa. hi me. we weren't sure if the communist party would fire shots or make arrests that day. what i just thought, yeah, i have to do this now for you, but i didn't think about the risks of being arrested or killed. mancha said at the time, it's not about winning the battle. god, even if the war is doomed to fail, we have to join the fight. you cannot do that. well, yeah, in our country for many historical reasons, there are no laws prohibiting what we have done. what we want political democracy, we want artistic freedom, player, banning the exhibition of the styles is

a violation of the constitution. clearly they don't when i left the house, i left all my valuables and i said good bye to my parents for we were all prepared for the possibility. we wouldn't return home. we were prepared to be arrested if it's all new new it is harvey news. if you'll empty, we foreigners were worried about our chinese friends sitting, saw the polar guess you? oh, they had provoked the party. the speeches were recorded with a tape recorder that i given to lou lane that he did that you lead? ah, ah, so not a should she to her, but on should she go to chow? ning recorded everything with a film camera, water,

sewage. it seemed to be doing so he risked his life journey. jewish adieva to continental drive. i shall take on a shawnee the police immediately became aware of him and arrested him today. oh my daughter. not a lot. he was forced to take the film roll out of the camera job and hold it up to the light to destroy the film, baylor, oh, her was when she on you, then the police, let him go. sure. bush took to po littlefield. heard, i asked him if the film was damaged and he said, i only pulled out the part where no shots had been taken yet. and come by. this is jody. a lot he tricked the police the bolo. ah, i hear my not well managed for our meeting. we have prepared leaflets to distribute one of the ha, i hope that everyone will receive one end of it. there are enough copies for all of

you on, but i had a long term sh, we need a slow gosh, i you demand political democracy demand artistic freedom. thank you. but when we got to label cow, we were stopped by a group of police officers. there was a whole place fell quiet, the senior people climbed trees to see to lay the short answer kinda even it was so quiet. you could have heard a pin drop name or angie and meet. then a police officer completely overwhelmed. told us we could march towards the beijing municipal building by a north shin wall street and che, on send men when you show it. gently,

the crowd was silent. jigsaw footsteps were in time with our hot beat. that was then we got to the beijing municipal building. ah and then lavetia gave a speech of others. it was sunday was i his walking stick? a pale, ever very excited pair. like i said, there's put a hat on the, on the cabin and, oh oh, oh, oh, oh, oh citizens, what bill? countrymen,

i want you to know you are human beings. we are all human beings. old. we have the right to speak. want to try me. bobby, give us a rock. we have used our brushes and carving knives, to honor our country, and depict the suffering it has experienced. those who squander the public money and abuse, the people go unpunished because of their political power. the pen, are we really all equal before the law? to look through all the money he had you were such a passionate young man though. yeah. you know, you knew so much about the law. you even research and they don't tell her. this is where leo, ma'am sham, took a photo of you from behind. i like oh so i am, i'm be about an hour after the speeches the representatives came out of the government

building come and they were aware of on spot refuse to discuss anything. ah, the demonstration had ended peacefully that yes, shoe at lee declared the event over that weight. ah, that was what? 5. why shy corey? after his see me, he said, i really think he should to join us. we are going to have a actually that's already their 1st show, but even face i part 2nd

a place. so i have my works in their many landscape trying something like says or been gone. the impression artist, the can the sensitivity half with me at that time i was working for i shall smells, place to foreign. pres, had a tremendous influence, that there was almost a sort of dialogue triangular dialogue between the foreign press and the chinese people and them helping. it was very important for them helping to show that his china was different from the china before. and maybe we can say that at that time he did want to open up china. he did also maybe want some kind of democracy.

was she? and i last article was titled, do we want democracy or new dictatorship? almost everyone wanted democracy for china, but not don. shall ping, in my opinion, he wanted a dictatorship. i. this is one special edition of ton, swore for explorations waiting chung's magazine. it carries the famous article, democracy, or new dictatorship, a long article with many things that we don't remember. but one sentence will remember where he says that dan shopping turns out to be the same kind of dictator, s mo and 3 days later he was arrested alexander. hi, i shouted to go to democracy wall and tell people that waging chung has been arrested. will you be paula?

at that time i was it insisted chilly. i saw a lighting man and the electrician to you then to the lighting for the trial. yes. for next day i'm jo walking in the bridging cotton and at nearly the midnight. um obama mother, someone knocking my door and an oven, and then there's a fall of the came and they said that there's a pro series. and then to took up a little caserta recorder. i took it and that's the way a test recorded was actually she, i waited in a small restaurant for lu ling lien, who was outside the court waiting for the cassette recorder. i lorinda so that talk as soon as to lay gave it to him to call. he went in to the small restaurant and

gave me the table. the birds of jago been some a one after transcribing everything for we started printing. so woman, jodi, the unit that we printed over 2000 pages at my home being trim border, then we made big posters out of them and hung them on democracy wall. kendra ah, we're using session, we published the entire transcript of waging chung's trial here. a good one. and that showed the general public how the trial had been manipulated by the communist party and daughter savage home. but the love ye shall done, shall ping wanted to sentence me to death, but because of the fierce political opposition he couldn't. he hated me all the more for that he could only give me a set on so 15 years i was shaken

a little and the guards told not to come down. they thought i was scared, but in reality, i was happy to have survived. i did not die. oh, shanda you what? why ella? oh miss lad of day. ah, she don't. there was a young embassy attache named emanuel bella, flush biting ching and chinese. we met frequently through the stars artists, gorilla. we fell in love at 1st sight, generalising a therapy knob very quickly. after a month or 2, i confessed my love to her and immediately told her that i would like to marry her daughter dds. or who i think was a marriage between chinese and foreigners, was forbidden at that time, especially embassy staff, hulu

. gig, dull shopping at 1st allowed democracy wall to happened. but in march of 1979, dung shall ping said, that's enough of that blue and joking chinese young shall ping decided to chair down the wall. how the chickie maintained that the area needed to be renovated. so the wall had to be destroyed and replaced with a billboard on can help her move toward the tilt. g. jewish chinese politics is sometimes flexible and sometimes strict. so when you get to kinda clunk,

it depends on the circumstances you dish down with dante ah thought deejaying huge a hole i was in solitary confinement for over 10 years. bait, kuala, ah, shooting engine, you 5 of them in a south rancho that marie education where you're supposed to think hardy taquila only engine you alone and a 3 square meter room down the us some me the shelf. that was the hardest part. 3 dash casual with james or all 3 jim. liza, i use to live here soon, and jonah to mail, and then after the 2nd art exhibition of the artist group, the stars further exhibitions were mand so you know what causes i do?

there was no more room to develop in china, and each of us wanted to find a way to get out. there was no big goodbye when i just left, 1st to switzerland. eventually france, it should be a visa or do i tell what today to be allowed back into china? people like me have to fill out an application for meetings and agree not to say or do anything that could harm the communist party. to hear from the i can't sign something like that worship, unless you do that when i left mainland china in 1985 with my parents were still alive. that is a, that was a long time ago now. and my parents have since passed away fully. i never returned to china was lemuel to actually to will

building another when i'm with managing the i'm always reminded of our time and the artist group, the styles mortar, back when we took all kinds of raising see data to be able to exhibit with all the saturdays, hello is, are you ready for me please? i promise to leach wine that i would move heaven and hell to get her out of jail if she was ever arrested in the day of focus. so the people soiled all french delegations. i had to challenge the chinese government about the least long affair during state visits with your boss

on. yeah. on january 26th. 1983. i left china and travelled to a foreign country for my wedding. hula when shit. i can't. oh england. 1985 so we do so again, it is a finally released to america. and then i came to lisa to england though i met him in the waterloo station. and after so many years i wish i had. how did he say the you saved my life? said

noon equal her enjoy. what's the relationship between art and human rights? it seems like they're separate yet. they're very closely linked in glenn. ah. ego. she banished the baby in 1978 my friends, and i initiated a democratic movement in beijing, democracy wall. she is a political act and also gave rise to an artistic movement at producing a number of famous poets and writers searchable gianni, many of whom, right? under pseudonyms. oh good luck. will be a shoot. me in the shell frog. ah. says issue, the artist group, the stars is still significant. taneesha, it's still relevant in china to day cookie. it

alshaun thomas i taught it was like hundreds of different flowers blooming at the same time . me move in short at you know, go wash. emma, what is changed and everything is changed to her. but you could also say that we're right where we started farther away my european, one like the monkey king who can change into 72 shapes. but in the end, returns to what he is a monkey beholder, georgia beholder. you each year and every one in the world wants freedom to chima the freedom to express themselves to build actually the gotten mm. agenda bar, protecting human rights is something we all need to do. sawyer in duncanville. she

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