For The Continuing Presence of the Past: Cai Guo-Qiang’s Project to Extend the Great Wall of China: In 2008, the Chinese government chose Cai to serve as Director of Visual and Special Effects for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing. Why was he the logical choice?
What will be an ideal response?
Cai Guo-Qiang has used gunpowder in many of his works . He uses this medium, which was originally used for destruction, to create art. In addition, in his Project to Extend the Great Wall of China sought to use something meant to divide people as a way to unite them. In this way, Cai was the logical choice for the Olympics given the grand spectacles associated with his artistic medium and for his vision of uniting different nations through his work.
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