Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 14 min
  • Premiere: 2010. October 14.

Art is a tool to set up new questions. An interview with Ai Weiwei about the work behind is installation "Sunflower Seeds", on display at Tate Modern from 12 October 2010 to 2 May 2011. Sunflower Seeds is made up of millions of small works, each apparently identical, but acutally unique. However realistic they may seem, the life-sized sunflower seed husks are in fact intricately hand-crafted in porcelain, by the inhabitants of a small village close to Bejing.

Discover

Ai Weiwei

Himself

Camera

Nick Alridge

Additional Camera

Simon Lee

Additional Camera

Ian Serfontein

Additional Camera

Crew

Jennifer Ng

Translator

Jenny Wong

Translator

Directing

Kate Vogel

Director

Editing

Production

Sofie Roberts

Production Assistant

Emma He Fen

Producer

Jane Burton

Executive Producer

Sound

Adele Fletcher

Sound Mix Technician

Tim Harrison

Sound Mix Technician

Camera

Nick Alridge

Additional Camera

Simon Lee

Additional Camera

Ian Serfontein

Additional Camera

Crew

Jennifer Ng

Translator

Jenny Wong

Translator

Directing

Kate Vogel

Director

Editing

Production

Sofie Roberts

Production Assistant

Emma He Fen

Producer

Jane Burton

Executive Producer

Sound

Adele Fletcher

Sound Mix Technician

Tim Harrison

Sound Mix Technician