Remembering

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"Remembering" is a large-scale installation artwork by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei commemorating the child victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake through a facade covered with thousands of children's backpacks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf contemporary artwork
installation artwork
appliedToPart facade of Haus der Kunst
artist Ai Weiwei
artMovement contemporary Chinese art
socially engaged art
associatedEvent Sichuan earthquake
surface form: 2008 Sichuan earthquake
associatedLocation Sichuan Province
surface form: Sichuan, China
commemorates child victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
countryOfOrigin China
creator Ai Weiwei
creatorNationality Chinese
criticizes Chinese government’s response to the Sichuan earthquake
poor construction standards of school buildings
depicts backpacks of deceased schoolchildren
dimensionCharacteristic covers entire museum facade
displayType outdoor facade installation
exhibitedAt Haus der Kunst, Munich
genre conceptual art
installation art
political art
hasColor multicolored
hasPart thousands of children’s backpacks
hasText She lived happily on this earth for seven years
hasTextLanguage Chinese
inception 2009
intendedAudience general public
language Chinese
locationOfFirstExhibition Haus der Kunst, Munich
mainSubject Sichuan earthquake
children’s deaths
school building collapses in Sichuan earthquake
materialUsed backpacks
medium readymade objects
memorialType temporary memorial installation
notableWorkOf Ai Weiwei
purpose critique of government accountability
political protest
public memorial
scale large-scale
theme human rights
loss
memory
state responsibility
transparency
usesTechnique text-based image formation
usesWritingSystem Simplified Chinese characters
visibility publicly visible from street

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Ai Weiwei notableWork Remembering