Cai Guo-Qiang — Chinese Artist born on December 08, 1957,

Cai Guo-Qiang is a Chinese contemporary artist living and working in New York City... (wikipedia)

I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.
My work is like a dialogue between me and unseen powers, like alchemy.
In any country, in any city, there will be political influence on what is said, what kind of images are to be projected and, yes, of course artists can be and are influenced by politicians.
Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.