talkFrom father to son: Ai Qing and Ai WeiweiA dialogue between poetry, art and memory

An event dedicated to Ai Qing, one of the leading contemporary Chinese poets.

There is a form of memory that goes beyond mere recollection to become testimony, responsibility and resistance. Taking Ai Qing’s life story and historical context as our starting point, we will explore how her poetry gives voice to the experience of an entire era. A legacy that her son, Ai Weiwei, transforms into artistic practice, turning memory into a tool for protest, freedom and dialogue with the present.

speakers
Fanny Borel MAXXI L’Aquila curator
Federico Picerni translator and researcher at the University of Bologna
Riccardo Barone, Sarah Bernabei, Michela Masciocchi e Giulia Vitullo Aquilibri reading group

In collaboration with il Gruppo di lettura Aquilibri.