“Whose Utopia” Cao Fei at the Museum of Modern Art IFAcontemporary

Cao Fei, Whose Utopia, 2006. Single channel video, 5:4, colour with sound, 20:20 min. Courtesy of the artist, Vitamin Creative Space, and Sprüth Magers. In Whose Utopia, Cao Fei is not concerned with the function, environmental effects, or manufacturing capacity of the factory.

Whose Utopia [Cao Fei] Sartle Rogue Art History

Poetry Project "For Cao Fei, Whose Utopia" Poet Forrest Gander reads his poem, inspired by Cao Fei's thought-provoking video. Forrest Gander Nov 2, 2021 For this year's edition of our Poetry Project, we asked poet Ada Limón to select nine distinguished American poets to respond to artworks from the Museum's collection.

Cao Fei’s Whose Utopia? The lives & dreams of Chinese workers

In Whose Utopia, Cao Fei examines the unmet hopes of Chinese factory workers.. From the get-go, viewers of Whose Utopia may think they're only getting a regular old documentary.Fei kicks off the film with interviews with the factory workers of the Osram light bulb factory, located in the Pearl River Delta region of China. But as the film unfolds, it defies expectations, transforming into a.

Whose Utopia [Cao Fei] Sartle Rogue Art History

A three-part film by Cao Fei. Part one, 'Imagination of Product', shows workers and machines at the OSRAM lightbulb factory in China's Pearl River Delta. In the second part, 'Factory Fairytale', dancers and musicians appear in the factory, as work continues around them. Finally, 'My Future is Not a Dream' consists of portraits of the factory workers facing Fei's camera.

Whose Utopia [Cao Fei] Sartle Rogue Art History

Cao Fei is a contemporary Chinese artist. Working in multimedia installation and sculpture, her chaotic, inventive work explores the day-to-day life of Chinese people as they navigate a rapidly changing social and technological landscape. With a blend of influences including Surrealism, video games, pop culture, and documentary films, Cao.

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Multimedia artist Cao Fei reflects on her 2006 work, 'Whose Utopia', and its poignant portrayal of factory workers in China.

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1 work identified 1 work identified How we identified these works Licensing Collection gallery. Nov 14, 2020-Oct 12, 2021. In Whose Utopia, Cao Fei illuminates the human workforce behind one of the largest manufacturers of light bulbs in the world.

Cao Fei’s Whose Utopia? The lives & dreams of Chinese workers

Cao Fei developed Whose Utopia during her residency at a factory in the Pearl River Delta, in southern China. She sent questionnaires to workers, asking about their backgrounds and aspirations and collaborated with several of them, filming them acting out their dreams in the factory. Through close-up shots of the gestures and expressions of the.

Cao Fei’s Whose Utopia? The lives & dreams of Chinese workers

Whose Utopia? was made by the Chinese artist Cao Fei and filmed at the OSRAM lighting factory in Foshan in the Pearl River Delta in southern China during 2005 and 2006.

Cao Fei’s Whose Utopia? The lives & dreams of Chinese workers

Cao Fei wrote her first email in 2000. It was her first encounter with the internet, a medium that as an artist she would soon make her own. To get her message into cyberspace, she had to ask around among her friends till she found one whose parents had an email account. It was on their computer that she wrote her first "artist's statement."

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Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal and Centre CLARK presents the work Whose Utopia by Cao Fei.. Lucidity. Inward Views is the theme proposed by Anne-Marie Ninacs for the 12 th presentation of Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, which will be held from September 8 to October 9, 2011. For the occasion, 25 solo exhibitions will be spread throughout Montreal transforming the city into a vast and.

Cao Fei’s Whose Utopia? The lives & dreams of Chinese workers

Cao Fei's 'Whose Utopia' juxtaposes shots of machinery in a lightbulb factory with the personal dreams of its workers.Cao Fei produced 'Whose Utopia' during.

Cao Fei’s Whose Utopia? The lives & dreams of Chinese workers

Learn about this artwork by Cao Fei in the Guggenheim's Collection Online.

“Whose Utopia” Cao Fei at the Museum of Modern Art IFAcontemporary

She is Cao Fei, a notable exception among the big names in Chinese contemporary art. She works in multimedia — film, video, virtual reality and installation — and is known for her surreal.

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Cao Fei is no stranger to the subject of Chinese urbanism, and Whose Utopia? is a classic example of her prowess and ingenuity as an artist. Cao Fei's interest in generating multimedia art that touches on social commentary has placed her as China's leading artist born after the Cultural Revolution. So, what's Whose Utopia? all about?

Cao Fei’s Whose Utopia? The lives & dreams of Chinese workers

Whose utopia. Cao Fei. Artist Cao Fei introduces her film Whose Utopia set in a Chinese factory as it goes on display at Tate Modern. In 2005 the Siemens Art Programme invited me to create an art project in the Osram light bulb factory in Guangzhou. It has in the past commissioned artists such as Yang Fudong and Song Dong to produce works.