Ai Weiwei to make a film on Europe’s refugee crisis

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has described the European refugee situation as a “test for humanity”. Speaking in the Swiss capital Bern to promote a collection of contemporary Chinese art, he said his next big project would be a film on the migration issue. Ai said he had amassed 600 hours of footage for a film due out next year. It includes over 100 interviews with refugees.  “Europe has not been acting as a society which can offer this very essential help or sympathy for those unfortunate people. Which is really a test for our humanity and our human rights conditions. I feel quite surprised how even European nations and communities are divided on these issues and don’t really come up with any sound or acceptable solutions.” “I think Europe still does have the potential and morally, legally, logistically does have the responsibility to come up with more rational solutions than this.” The artist is currently based in Berlin, where he is also teaching a ...