Gangnam for Freedom 1 Favorite 

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Date: 

Nov 22 2012

Location: 

London England

Earlier this year Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei recorded a gangnam style video, dancing handcuffed, sending a message to the Chinese authorities who responded by banning the video as soon as it came online. British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor
made a short film "Gangnam for Freedom" to advocate the freedom of expression in support of Ai Weiwei. The short film deploys possibilities of using pop music and dancing as a means of expressing political messages.

External sources: 

http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/anish-kapoor-and-friends-recording-gangnam-fre…
Posted by NIA on Oct 2 2013

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Activates (people)Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
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Sustains (change)Support and celebrate change that has already been won and needs to be sustained.