Disposition details two recent projects by Ai Weiwei, Straight and S.A.C.R.E.D., which were exhibited by Lisson Gallery at Zuecca Project Space during the 55th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2013. The works, both politically-charged and implicitly critical of the Chinese regime, originate from the periods prior to and during his 81-day incarceration by the government of his homeland. They engage with ideas of political corruption, misconduct, documentation and deliberate exposure.
The book’s neat, formal layout, manilla-board cover and inserts borrow from the visual language of official political documentation, but within it, the sans-serif language of bureaucracy has been infiltrated with another voice, as characters from a contrasting typeface infiltrate the typography throughout.
