At the top of Ai Weiwei’s website is a link to to http://www.moonmoonmoonmoon.com, a collaborative project with Olafur Eliasson. On the site, visitors could click on any blank space of the moon and upload a drawing, filling the moon on the main page with sketches and quotes. The purpose of the project, which began in November of 2013 and ended almost four years later, was to connect people all around the world through art. Moon is another example of Ai’s use of art to bridge cultural gaps, encouraging creativity amongst the public and promoting positive conversation and expression. Interactive projects like this and #aiflowers, a response to the Sichuan earthquake of 2008, engaged the public to participate, reflecting his goal to incorporate politics into art.

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