{"id":2025640,"date":"2026-07-01T15:58:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2025640"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:58:40","slug":"ai-weiwei-relives-his-detention-in-24-hour-long-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2025640","title":{"rendered":"Ai Weiwei Relives His Detention in 24-Hour Long Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-tw.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-post-body col\">\n<div class=\"row post-body\">\n<aside class=\"post-body-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Art\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time>Jul 1, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             564<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Erin Ikeuchi<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div class=\"post-gallery-container small inner-media\">\n<div class=\"gallery-container post-gallery-contain\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Ai Weiwei Relives His Detention in 24-Hour Long Performance\">\n<div class=\"hb-gallery before-booted full-screen-enabled  \" data-images=\"[{&quot;image&quot;:{&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_caption&quot;:null,&quot;small&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;medium&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;large&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;xlarge&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;},&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/07\/01\/ai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Ai Weiwei Live Performance Manchester Aviva Studios Button Up! 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data-srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-010.jpg?q=90&amp;w=1400&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"(min-width: 1260px)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">8 of 8<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit \">Photo: Hugo Glendinning\/ Factory International<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Jul 1, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             564<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is staging his first durational performance, \u201cSewing a Button,\u201d in Manchester on July 3<\/li>\n<li>Ai reenacts the conditions of his 2011 detention in the 24-hour-long live piece, where he will eat, sleep, work, wash, and write inside a replica cell<\/li>\n<li>The piece takes part in his new show, <em>Button Up!<\/em>, which confronts ideas of globalization, colonialism, and Empire through the lens of the British-Chinese textile trade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ai Weiwei is turning one of the darkest chapters of his career into a live performance. On July 3 the dissident artist and activist will stage his first-ever durational performance: a 24-hour reenactment of his secret imprisonment, called \u201cSewing a Button,\u201d as part of his new <em>Button Up!<\/em> show, on from July 2 to September 6, at Manchester\u2019s Aviva Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Ai was detained by Chinese authorities for 81 days in 2011. While the charges were officially on the grounds of alleged tax evasion, many of his supporters viewed the arrest as retaliation for speaking out against the government through his activism and artworks, like \u201cDropping a Han Dynasty Urn\u201d (1995) or his bird-flipping <em>Study of Perspective<\/em> (1995-2011) series.\n<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming performance will see the artist in a replica of his cell, recreated by architecture firm HawkinsBrown, where, inside, he\u2019ll sleep, eat, exercise, write, and wash. For the spectacle, he brought on nine actors to play military guards and doctors, alongside four journalists, to interrogate him throughout the duration. The entire performance will be soundtracked by electronic duo Space Afrika.\n<\/p>\n<p>The companion exhibition, <em>Button Up!<\/em>, traces the entanglements of power, trade, war, and empire through the unlikely lens of the humble button. Surveying the breadth of Ai\u2019s practice, other works on view include \u201cEight-Nation Alliance Flag,\u201d composed of half a million buttons; \u201cHistory of Bombs,\u201d his largest LEGO work; the Murano glass chandelier, \u201cLa Commedia Umana\u201d; and Circle of Animals.\n<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t make it to \u201cSewing a Button\u201d? CCTV cameras throughout the Hall will broadcast Ai on the Factory International website. Live screenings of the performance will also be shown at ACMI (Australia), ARTHAUS (Argentina), Dover Street Market (France), and Cafesjian Center for the Arts (Armenia), alongside a Piccadilly Lights viewing, thanks to CIRCA.\n<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the performance are now available. 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Her work spotlights stories, people and moments powering art\u2019s new league, from icons to underground legends. Her formal background in anthropology informs a curious, cross-cultural eye for art where it\u2019s least expected. Since joining Hypebeast in 2024, where she spearheads art-related content, she\u2019s contributed hundreds of articles, including industry news, features and interviews, alongside serving as lead curator for \u2018Under the Same Sky,\u2019 Hypeart\u2019s 2026 exhibition with Bonhams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-footer\" class=\"post-footer row\">\n<div class=\"col-shopping-break\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-comments\">\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"post-comments none \">\n<header>\n<div class=\"heading\"><span class=\"comment-count\">0<\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-dropdown-tooltip\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row post-body\">\n<aside class=\"post-body-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Art\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time>Jul 1, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             564<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Erin Ikeuchi<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div class=\"post-gallery-container small inner-media\">\n<div class=\"gallery-container post-gallery-contain\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Ai Weiwei Relives His Detention in 24-Hour Long Performance\">\n<div class=\"hb-gallery before-booted full-screen-enabled  \" data-images=\"[{&quot;image&quot;:{&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_caption&quot;:null,&quot;small&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;medium&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;large&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;xlarge&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;},&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/07\/01\/ai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Ai Weiwei Live Performance Manchester Aviva Studios Button Up! 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data-srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-010.jpg?q=90&amp;w=1400&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"(min-width: 1260px)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">8 of 8<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit \">Photo: Hugo Glendinning\/ Factory International<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Jul 1, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             564<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is staging his first durational performance, \u201cSewing a Button,\u201d in Manchester on July 3<\/li>\n<li>Ai reenacts the conditions of his 2011 detention in the 24-hour-long live piece, where he will eat, sleep, work, wash, and write inside a replica cell<\/li>\n<li>The piece takes part in his new show, <em>Button Up!<\/em>, which confronts ideas of globalization, colonialism, and Empire through the lens of the British-Chinese textile trade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ai Weiwei is turning one of the darkest chapters of his career into a live performance. On July 3 the dissident artist and activist will stage his first-ever durational performance: a 24-hour reenactment of his secret imprisonment, called \u201cSewing a Button,\u201d as part of his new <em>Button Up!<\/em> show, on from July 2 to September 6, at Manchester\u2019s Aviva Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Ai was detained by Chinese authorities for 81 days in 2011. While the charges were officially on the grounds of alleged tax evasion, many of his supporters viewed the arrest as retaliation for speaking out against the government through his activism and artworks, like \u201cDropping a Han Dynasty Urn\u201d (1995) or his bird-flipping <em>Study of Perspective<\/em> (1995-2011) series.\n<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming performance will see the artist in a replica of his cell, recreated by architecture firm HawkinsBrown, where, inside, he\u2019ll sleep, eat, exercise, write, and wash. For the spectacle, he brought on nine actors to play military guards and doctors, alongside four journalists, to interrogate him throughout the duration. The entire performance will be soundtracked by electronic duo Space Afrika.\n<\/p>\n<p>The companion exhibition, <em>Button Up!<\/em>, traces the entanglements of power, trade, war, and empire through the unlikely lens of the humble button. Surveying the breadth of Ai\u2019s practice, other works on view include \u201cEight-Nation Alliance Flag,\u201d composed of half a million buttons; \u201cHistory of Bombs,\u201d his largest LEGO work; the Murano glass chandelier, \u201cLa Commedia Umana\u201d; and Circle of Animals.\n<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t make it to \u201cSewing a Button\u201d? CCTV cameras throughout the Hall will broadcast Ai on the Factory International website. Live screenings of the performance will also be shown at ACMI (Australia), ARTHAUS (Argentina), Dover Street Market (France), and Cafesjian Center for the Arts (Armenia), alongside a Piccadilly Lights viewing, thanks to CIRCA.\n<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the performance are now available. 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Since joining Hypebeast in 2024, where she spearheads art-related content, she\u2019s contributed hundreds of articles, including industry news, features and interviews, alongside serving as lead curator for \u2018Under the Same Sky,\u2019 Hypeart\u2019s 2026 exhibition with Bonhams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Art\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time>Jul 1, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             564<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Erin Ikeuchi<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Art\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time>Jul 1, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Erin Ikeuchi<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div class=\"post-gallery-container small inner-media\">\n<div class=\"gallery-container post-gallery-contain\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Ai Weiwei Relives His Detention in 24-Hour Long Performance\">\n<div class=\"hb-gallery before-booted full-screen-enabled  \" data-images=\"[{&quot;image&quot;:{&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_caption&quot;:null,&quot;small&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;medium&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;large&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;xlarge&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;},&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/07\/01\/ai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-02.jpg&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Ai Weiwei Live Performance Manchester Aviva Studios Button Up! 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class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             564<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is staging his first durational performance, \u201cSewing a Button,\u201d in Manchester on July 3<\/li>\n<li>Ai reenacts the conditions of his 2011 detention in the 24-hour-long live piece, where he will eat, sleep, work, wash, and write inside a replica cell<\/li>\n<li>The piece takes part in his new show, <em>Button Up!<\/em>, which confronts ideas of globalization, colonialism, and Empire through the lens of the British-Chinese textile trade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ai Weiwei is turning one of the darkest chapters of his career into a live performance. On July 3 the dissident artist and activist will stage his first-ever durational performance: a 24-hour reenactment of his secret imprisonment, called \u201cSewing a Button,\u201d as part of his new <em>Button Up!<\/em> show, on from July 2 to September 6, at Manchester\u2019s Aviva Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Ai was detained by Chinese authorities for 81 days in 2011. While the charges were officially on the grounds of alleged tax evasion, many of his supporters viewed the arrest as retaliation for speaking out against the government through his activism and artworks, like \u201cDropping a Han Dynasty Urn\u201d (1995) or his bird-flipping <em>Study of Perspective<\/em> (1995-2011) series.\n<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming performance will see the artist in a replica of his cell, recreated by architecture firm HawkinsBrown, where, inside, he\u2019ll sleep, eat, exercise, write, and wash. For the spectacle, he brought on nine actors to play military guards and doctors, alongside four journalists, to interrogate him throughout the duration. The entire performance will be soundtracked by electronic duo Space Afrika.\n<\/p>\n<p>The companion exhibition, <em>Button Up!<\/em>, traces the entanglements of power, trade, war, and empire through the unlikely lens of the humble button. Surveying the breadth of Ai\u2019s practice, other works on view include \u201cEight-Nation Alliance Flag,\u201d composed of half a million buttons; \u201cHistory of Bombs,\u201d his largest LEGO work; the Murano glass chandelier, \u201cLa Commedia Umana\u201d; and Circle of Animals.\n<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t make it to \u201cSewing a Button\u201d? CCTV cameras throughout the Hall will broadcast Ai on the Factory International website. Live screenings of the performance will also be shown at ACMI (Australia), ARTHAUS (Argentina), Dover Street Market (France), and Cafesjian Center for the Arts (Armenia), alongside a Piccadilly Lights viewing, thanks to CIRCA.\n<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the performance are now available. 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Don\u2019t miss out on the latest news by signing up for our newsletters.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"terms\">By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Erin Ikeuchi<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    Ai WeiweiExhibitionsManchesterPerformance ArtAviva StudiosFactory International\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"post__body__author_info\">\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F05%2Ferin-300.jpg?w=100&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\" alt=\"Erin Ikeuchi\" class=\"post__body__author_info__avatar\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__body\">\n<p>                    Erin Ikeuchi<\/p>\n<p>                                    <span class=\"post__body__author_info__title\">Editor, Hypeart<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__bio_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"post__body__author_info__bio\">Erin Ikeuchi is a New York-based writer focused on the intersection of contemporary art and culture. Her work spotlights stories, people and moments powering art\u2019s new league, from icons to underground legends. Her formal background in anthropology informs a curious, cross-cultural eye for art where it\u2019s least expected. Since joining Hypebeast in 2024, where she spearheads art-related content, she\u2019s contributed hundreds of articles, including industry news, features and interviews, alongside serving as lead curator for \u2018Under the Same Sky,\u2019 Hypeart\u2019s 2026 exhibition with Bonhams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Jul 1, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             564<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Jul 1, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Jul 1, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             564<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is staging his first durational performance, \u201cSewing a Button,\u201d in Manchester on July 3<\/li>\n<li>Ai reenacts the conditions of his 2011 detention in the 24-hour-long live piece, where he will eat, sleep, work, wash, and write inside a replica cell<\/li>\n<li>The piece takes part in his new show, <em>Button Up!<\/em>, which confronts ideas of globalization, colonialism, and Empire through the lens of the British-Chinese textile trade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ai Weiwei is turning one of the darkest chapters of his career into a live performance. On July 3 the dissident artist and activist will stage his first-ever durational performance: a 24-hour reenactment of his secret imprisonment, called \u201cSewing a Button,\u201d as part of his new <em>Button Up!<\/em> show, on from July 2 to September 6, at Manchester\u2019s Aviva Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Ai was detained by Chinese authorities for 81 days in 2011. While the charges were officially on the grounds of alleged tax evasion, many of his supporters viewed the arrest as retaliation for speaking out against the government through his activism and artworks, like \u201cDropping a Han Dynasty Urn\u201d (1995) or his bird-flipping <em>Study of Perspective<\/em> (1995-2011) series.\n<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming performance will see the artist in a replica of his cell, recreated by architecture firm HawkinsBrown, where, inside, he\u2019ll sleep, eat, exercise, write, and wash. For the spectacle, he brought on nine actors to play military guards and doctors, alongside four journalists, to interrogate him throughout the duration. The entire performance will be soundtracked by electronic duo Space Afrika.\n<\/p>\n<p>The companion exhibition, <em>Button Up!<\/em>, traces the entanglements of power, trade, war, and empire through the unlikely lens of the humble button. Surveying the breadth of Ai\u2019s practice, other works on view include \u201cEight-Nation Alliance Flag,\u201d composed of half a million buttons; \u201cHistory of Bombs,\u201d his largest LEGO work; the Murano glass chandelier, \u201cLa Commedia Umana\u201d; and Circle of Animals.\n<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t make it to \u201cSewing a Button\u201d? CCTV cameras throughout the Hall will broadcast Ai on the Factory International website. Live screenings of the performance will also be shown at ACMI (Australia), ARTHAUS (Argentina), Dover Street Market (France), and Cafesjian Center for the Arts (Armenia), alongside a Piccadilly Lights viewing, thanks to CIRCA.\n<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the performance are now available. Book yours today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Erin Ikeuchi<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    Ai WeiweiExhibitionsManchesterPerformance ArtAviva StudiosFactory International\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/2026\/7\/ai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F01%2Fai-weiwei-button-up-exhibition-aviva-studios-london-tw.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;] Art Jul 1, 2026 564 Views 0\u00a0Comments Comments Save Text By Erin Ikeuchi Share this article 1 of 8 Photo: Hugo Glendinning\/ Factory International 2 of 8 Photo: Hugo Glendinning\/ Factory International 3 of 8 Photo: Hugo Glendinning\/ Factory International 4 of 8 Photo: Hugo Glendinning\/ Factory International 5 of 8 Photo: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,39],"class_list":["post-2025640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-hypebeast-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2025640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2025640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2025640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2025640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}