【禁闻】艺术家：艾未未将激励中国青年人

【禁闻】艺术家：艾未未将激励中国青年人

【新唐人2011年5月18日讯】自从艾未未被关押后，西方世界从民间到政府，抗议的声
音是前所未有的，尤其西方艺术界持续�行各种形式的抗议，在加拿大多伦多，艺术家
们设立了营救艾未未的网页，并连续到多伦多中共领事馆前抗议，为什么他们对一个从
位谋面的中国艺术家如此关注，请看本台记者带来的故事。

一亿颗手工制作，绘制的葵花籽，每个都像生活中的我们一样，有着微妙的独特个性和
各种的不同。

"它那么温馨，可爱，也很棒，一个个独立的葵花籽，但是有一百万个，想想这个规
模，它的隐喻含义，让我们想到中国人，那个巨大的国家，艾未未用他独特的方式感动
着人们，一个温暖而关心他人的人。"

正是艾未未的这个作品让多伦多的艺术界关注起中国的状况，艾未未被抓让尼可和她的
艺术同行震惊，尼可发起了"艾未未在哪里"的营救活动，。

"我真切的感受到生活在民主制度下的自豪，能自由的来画室创作我想创作的，并用我
喜欢的任何方式呈现给公众，也让我思考中国人到底生存在什么状态下。我的良知被这
种特殊的方式唤醒了。"

多伦多资深的艺术评论家萨拉－米尔瑞（sarahmilroy)关注艾未未的艺术创作10多年
了，萨拉说，艾未未被关押，使他更具有感召力，对艺术家和中国的年轻人会有很大的
榜样作用。

"我设想艾未未的被抓很可能激励起中国的年轻人，不光是艺术家，对中国人来说会有
巨大的影响。"

西方世界持续抗议艾未未被中共当局关押，规模和程度都是前所未有的，萨拉表示这给
很多被压迫的民众以激励。

"他的故事让世界各地的人受到激励，现在世界各地的人都可以说，我们不用再恐
惧，我们可以通过互联网，社交网络组成集体的反抗力量，这切切实实的从根本上改变
了人们的观念，人们不必不得不服从我们不喜欢的事情。

尼可表示多伦多艺术界想要传达的一个信息是，加拿大从中国�口很多商品，但这种交
换不能只是贸易，现在是加拿大要求中国遵循同样人权标准的时候了。

"更多文化上的交换，更多的交换针对如何像一个生活在地球上的人一样行为"。

尼可认为随着真相广未人知，会形成波浪般的效应，带来巨大的改变。

"如果我说些什么，另外5个人说些什么，再有5个，不断的增长，波浪就是这么形成
的，波涛由一个个的水滴组成，互相合作，互相补充能量，然后真相的波涛一冲而下。
"

萨拉认为，在中东风起云涌的茉莉花革命的趋势下，中国发生同样的革命很由可能。

"情况非常非常的不同了，中东发生的事情，给人感觉所有的事情都在改变，人们字让
会认为，中国也会发生同样的事情，特别是如果中共当局持续这样对待自己受人尊敬的
公民。"

新唐人记者刘淑君采访报导。

Ai Weiwei Inspires Chinese Youth

Upon learning about Ai Weiwei's arrest,many Westerners, from ordinary
peopleto government officials, protestedthe Chinese Communist Party's (CCP)
actions,particularly, Western artists who took part invarious protest
activities.In Toronto, Canada, artists built websitesto help rescue Ai as
they continue to protest outsideof the Chinese embassy in Toronto.Why do
they pay so much attentionto a total stranger? Here's why…

100 million hand-made, hand-paintedsunflower seeds are like people in real
life,with their uniqueness and differences.

"Each sunflower seed is so warm, lovely, and great.There are 100 million of
them. Think of the number.It reminds us of the Chinese peopleand the vast
territory of China.Ai Weiwei is a kind-hearted person who caresabout others
and touches people in his own way."

It is Ai Weiwei's work, "Sunflower Seeds"which attracted Toronto's artists'
attentionto China's current situation.Ai's arrest shocked Nichole and her
colleagues.She started a rescue effort called "Where Is Ai Weiwei?"

"As a person living in a democratic world,I feel proud that I can go into
my studio andfreely create any art form that I want toand present it to the
public in any way I chose.This makes me think about the living conditionsof
the Chinese people.My conscience is aroused in a unique way."

Senior Toronto art critic, Sarah Milroy,has followed Ai's art for 10
years.Sarah said, "Ai's arrest makes him inspiringand a model for Chinese
artists and youth."

"I think Ai's arrest is very likely to inspire, not onlyartists, but also
Chinese youth, and will havea huge impact on the Chinese people."

"The Western world's ongoing protestsagainst Ai's unlawful arrest by CCP
authoritiesis unprecedented, whether in size or extent."Sarah said that his
arrest will inspire many peoplewhose voices are suppressed.

"Ai's story has inspired people all around the world.Now, people everywhere
can say thatnobody needs to be afraid and we can organizecountervailing
forces through the Internet andsocial networks. It fundamentally
changespeople's way of thinking and people no longer needto obey rules that
they don't agree with."

Nick said the message that Toronto's artistswant to convey, is that Canada
imports manyproducts from China,but communications shouldn't be limited to
tradeand now it is time to require China to obeythe same human rights rules
as other countries.

"More cultural exchanges and more exchangesabout how to behave like a human
being on earth."

Nick thinks that as the truth spreads, a wave effectwill form, bringing
about a huge change.

"If I say something and five people repeat what I say,and then those five
people tell five other people whatI said… well, as the number increases,a
wave will form which is composed of drops of waterwhich cooperate with each
other and encourageeach other. Then the wave of truth will pour down."

Sarah thinks that if Chinese people were allowed toknow about the Jasmine
Revolution in Middle East,it is very likely that China will undergothe same
type of revolution.

"The situation is very different.What happened in the Middle East makes
peoplebelieve that things are changing in the world.People naturally
believe that Chinawill experience the same thing, considering the CCP'slong
suppression of their people."

NTD reporter Liu Shujun 2011-05-18
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