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Indow at Alcatraz for “@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz” opening today

September 26, 2014
by carrie
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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz in the New York Times

Indow helped solve a technical challenge for Ai Weiwei’s exhibit at Alcatraz. He required protection of historic windows with no structural changes. 

Indow inserts lined the broken gun gallery windows of the New Industries Building where guards pointed their weapons at the prisoners working below doing laundry or making clothes and brushes. Organizers of @Large had to shield visitors from the broken glass and protect the windows from overzealous souvenir seekers. Since Alcatraz is a National Historic Landmark there couldn’t be a nail hole or mark so the  FOR-SITE foundation turned to Indow for a solution.

Ai Weiwei used more than 1 million Legos to build his portraits of political exiles and prisoners of conscience in the New Industries Building of Alcatraz for his exhibit opening today. The media leading up to the opening of @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz has been sustained and glowing. The New York Times wrote, “The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is taking his vision to one of the most infamous prisons, using it as an inspiration for a monumental installation.”

Indow so honored to support this important exhibition. 

Of the seven projects in the @Large exhibit, three are in the New Industries Building where Indow inserts are installed: Trace (the Lego portraits), With Wind (A large dragon kite and others) and Refraction (A giant metal bird wing).

The exhibit runs through April 26. Learn more about it here. If you go, be sure to send pictures to [email protected]!

 

About the Author
Carrie is company storyteller for Indow. She lives with her family and dog in Portland, Oregon in the shade of two Douglas Fir trees. She loves being outside and likes working for a company dedicated to fighting climate change.
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