1000 years of joys and sorrows. Ai Weivey

“1000 years of joys and sorrows” - the memoirs of one of the most influential artists and activists of the modernity of Ai Weiwei against the backdrop of the dramatic events of China’s history of the last hundred years. The son of the outstanding Chinese poet Ai Qing, who was repressed during the years of the “cultural revolution”, Ai Weiwei divided the fate of the family in exile and now, resurrecting in the memory of the picture of a terrible childhood, is trying to comprehend the connection of times. He talks about his own similar experience in the experience of violence and humiliation, about the difficult decision to leave his family to study art in America - where he later made friends with Allen Ginzberg, was inspired by Andy Warhol's work and Marcel Duchan's works. He frankly and wittily describes the details of his return to his homeland and formation - from an unknown artist to the superstar of world art and international human rights activist, showing how his work was influenced by life in the conditions of an authoritarian regime.