@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz For-Site Foundation's installation "@Large:
Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz," was an "unprecedented exhibition" that ran within
Alcatraz prison from September 27, 2014, to April 26, 2015. Ai Weiwei, restricted from leaving China since 2011, was unable to be onsite for installation and thus the project was a collaboration between him and Haines as curator. Haines, speaking about the show, said "one of the basic themes of this exhibition is 'what is freedom?'" The installation had seven parts,
With Wind, Trace, Refraction, Stay Tuned, Illumination, Blossom, and
Yours Truly. "With Wind" is a huge traditional Chinese dragon
kite, weaving its way in and out of pillars in one of Alcatraz's frames of a hall, its body holding names of imprisoned and exiled activists. Haines spoke about the kite in "With Wind," "It will be flying, it will be free, but it will also be restricted in the building, so it's this really interesting conversation between control and freedom." The project went on to be featured in the feature documentary,
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, which was produced by the FOR-SITE Foundation and debuted as a world premiere in 2019 at the
San Francisco International Film Festival.
Cornelia Parker Cornelia Parker was the first artist to complete the FOR-SITE Foundation residency established in 2004. There, she developed a sequel to
Mass (Colder Darker Matter) (1997) The work was presented at
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts's Risk and Response series during its 2005/2006 season. == References ==