“Thinline” is a light artwork by Ai Weiwei presented at Amsterdam Light Festival 2017 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Who determines the limits and guards them? Who has access, and who is refused? The rights we have to cross such lines are often associated with our birth and place of residence. Are you aware of your physical and mental freedom of movement, which has such an essential influence on your daily existence?
About Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei created the installation ‘thinline’: a 6.5 kilometer long line of red laser light. The line marks a boundary. Boundaries can keep you out - literally and figuratively. They can be national borders, language boundaries, but also personal boundaries.
Programme information from Amsterdam Light Festival. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.