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Cao Fei 曹斐

born 1978, Guangdong
works Beijing
Cao Fei (born 1978, Guangzhou) graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2001. She is known for her video, multimedia installation, and Internet work that reflects the rapid and chaotic urbanisation occurring in Chinese society. Cao lives and works in Beijing.
Works by Cao Fei include Video, Video Installation and Digital.

There are 5 objects by Cao Fei from the M+ Sigg Collection and the M+ Collection available online.

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An image is split into two parts. On our left: still from a digital video. A young woman in a ballet costume stands within a factory environment flanked by rows of machines. She looks down to the floor. On the right: a sign language interpreter looks into the camera. She holds her hands together in front of her.
An image is split into two parts. On our left: still from a digital video. A young woman in a ballet costume stands within a factory environment flanked by rows of machines. She looks down to the floor. On the right: a sign language interpreter looks into the camera. She holds her hands together in front of her.

Cao Fei: Constructing ‘Whose Utopia’ with Hong Kong Sign Language

Multimedia artist Cao Fei reflects on her 2006 work, ‘Whose Utopia’, and its poignant portrayal of factory workers in China
5 mins: 
Moving Image  /  Video
Video still of two long images. They are displayed on top of one another. Each depicts scenes rendered in a 1980’s style video game aesthetic showing people in space suits firing futuristic weapons at one another. A CCCP satellite with a hammer and sickle is visible in the background, as are US spaceships which also feature modules made out of Cola-Cola cans.
Video still of two long images. They are displayed on top of one another. Each depicts scenes rendered in a 1980’s style video game aesthetic showing people in space suits firing futuristic weapons at one another. A CCCP satellite with a hammer and sickle is visible in the background, as are US spaceships which also feature modules made out of Cola-Cola cans.

The Digital Art Revolution

From ‘Zen for TV’ to ‘Touch for Luck’, a brief history of new media at M+
12 mins: 
Digital  /  Article
Video still showing a woman with short black hair in dark blouse and trousers standing in front of a large triangular building fragment. The fragment is made of metal with a glass circular window in the middle. In the background is a TV displaying a video.
Video still showing a woman with short black hair in dark blouse and trousers standing in front of a large triangular building fragment. The fragment is made of metal with a glass circular window in the middle. In the background is a TV displaying a video.

Inside ‘Things, Spaces, Interactions’

Join Ikko Yokoyama and Shirley Surya on a virtual tour of the inaugural M+ design exhibition 'Things, Spaces, Interactions' at M+
25 mins: 
M+ Exhibitions  /  Video
Film still showing a living room exploding.
Film still showing a living room exploding.

To Chill or Not to Chill?

Ready to stream video art our from our home to yours? Curator Silke Schmickl speaks to Jihoi Lee (MMCA, Korea) about the new video streaming platform Watch & Chill
13 mins: 
Moving Image  /  Article
Screen capture from the online world Second Life. In a calm blue sea a small island is clogged with modern skyscrapers and futuristic buildings.
Screen capture from the online world Second Life. In a calm blue sea a small island is clogged with modern skyscrapers and futuristic buildings.

Unboxing Cao Fei's ‘RMB City’

Curator Pi Li and conservator David Smith unbox the offline version of Cao Fei’s ‘RMB City’, a virtual world that originated on the platform Second Life
6 mins: 
Digital  /  Video
Details of two separate artwork images, one depicting a video installation featuring a partly loaded image of Mao Zedong’s head, the other, an oil-on-paper painting of a red stop sign on a road surrounded by muted brown trees. The images are separated diagonally by a white line that runs across the picture.
Details of two separate artwork images, one depicting a video installation featuring a partly loaded image of Mao Zedong’s head, the other, an oil-on-paper painting of a red stop sign on a road surrounded by muted brown trees. The images are separated diagonally by a white line that runs across the picture.

How Did You Two Meet? Expansive Spaces Created in the Cracks

Two M+ curators look at two seemingly disconnected objects from the M+ Collections, finding new ways to connect them
7 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article
Still from a digital video. A young woman in a ballet costume stands within a factory environment flanked by rows of machines. She looks down to the floor.
Still from a digital video. A young woman in a ballet costume stands within a factory environment flanked by rows of machines. She looks down to the floor.

Cao Fei: Constructing ‘Whose Utopia’

Multimedia artist Cao Fei reflects on her 2006 work, ‘Whose Utopia’, and its poignant portrayal of factory workers in China
4 mins: 
Moving Image  /  Video

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