Olympic Torch juxtaposes the Olympic fire torch with a police baton to emphasize the pervasive deployment of police forces throughout China, especially as the use of torture and forced confessions had long been endemic to China’s criminal justice system. According to research from Amnesty International, China is the world’s largest exporter of law enforcement equipment including equipment described as "tools of torture", including electric shock stun batons, spiked batons, neck restraints, and weighed leg cuffs. —

This work is part of the Beijing 2022 Collection, the first NFT project from Chinese dissident artist Badiucao. The collection consists of a series of 10 protest pieces, created as part of a campaign to raise awareness among the global art community about the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the weaponization of global sports events by authoritarian regimes to conceal their human rights abuses. The collection was initially released at the New World Center’s Soundscape Park as part of the 2021 Oslo Freedom Forum in Miami. It was subsequently canvased at various locations around Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach 2021. Learn more at http://beijing2022.art

This collection is a collective act of censorship resistance and fundraiser that will donate 10% of proceeds to the Art in Protest Residency, a collaboration between the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts and the Human Rights Foundation.

作品 【火炬】将奥运火炬与警棍并置，讽刺了中国刑事司法系统长期以来一直使用酷刑和逼供。根据国际特赦组织的研究，中国是世界上最大的执法设备出口国，其中包括被称为“刑具”的设备，包括电击电棍、尖刺警棍、颈部约束装置和称重的腿铐。

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