An Artist Used 14,000 Refugee Life Jackets To Tell The Story Of Refugees

Each life jacket has a story.

Eddie Liggitt
Created by Eddie Liggitt
On May 29, 2016
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Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist and activist that is unhappy with the way that refugees have been treated in Europe.

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On February 13th, he revealed his latest project. A striking instillation on Berlin’s Konzerthaus.

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The instillation is comprised of 14,000 life jackets. The Life jackets were discarded by refugees who landed at Lesbos.

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The instillation took about a month to complete. It was worth all of the hard work!

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Way to go Ai Weiwei! The instillation looks great and is bringing a lot of attention to the Refugee crisis.

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You can check out the original story on Bored Panda here: http://www.boredpanda.com/refugee-life-jackets-konzerthaus-ai-weiwei/

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