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Ai Weiwei Speaks: with Hans Ulrich Obrist by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Ai Weiwei

lavissa's review

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informative medium-paced

3.0

jaelynben's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

jamfiles's review

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

gteng's review

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informative inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

3.75

mugren's review

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3.0

An interesting read, but quite a bit of the content kept reappearing.

seahannah's review

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3.0

If I were to read it for the first time again, I would read each of the interviews on a separate day, like a 5-day marathon. The interviews cover some of the same ground, which is not really a problem, because the discussions are usually different. But since it's such a slim volume, I read it in one sitting, and got a little bit bored when I read what is essentially the same sentence a few times within the space of an hour. But the only problem with that is my method of reading, not the actual interviews.

callymac's review

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3.0

There's nothing more dissatisfying than a bad or even mediocre interviewer. Luckily, Obrist was clearly born to interview. Wide-ranging immersive discussion about Ai Weiwei's work, politics and culture that anyone can read in a single sitting, and get a better understanding of his art and of Chinese and modern art in general.
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