Ai Weiwei will reenact his 81-day detention in China in his first-ever durational performance as part of Button Up! at Aviva Studios.

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Titled _Sewing a Button_ , the performance will start at 5pm on July 3.

A unique 24-hour performance piece by artist and activist Ai Weiwei will be at Aviva Studios, the home of Factory International, between 3 and 4 July

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Ai Weiwei will recreate his 2011 detention in a 24-hour performance at Aviva Studios this July,

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Ai Weiwei takes over Manchester’s Aviva Studios with his largest site-specific exhibition to date

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Venetian textile house Rubelli transforms silk into a charged political medium in collaboration with artist and activist Ai Weiwei.

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After discussions, the institution voted to retain the artist as an Academician

The artist talked about censorship in his native China as well as the West in an interview with The Guardian.