Portals in the virtual kitchen transport us both to the Nova computer lab and to Hongxia Theatre where the idealistic 1958 thriller The Eternal Wave is screening.
Cao Fei's works have been exhibited at a number of international biennales and triennales, including Shanghai Biennale (2004), Moscow Biennale (2005), Taipei Biennale (2006), the 15th & 17th Biennale of Sydney (2006 and 2010), Istanbul Biennial (2007), Yokohama Triennale (2008), and the 50th, 52nd & 56th Venice Biennale (2003, 2007 and 2015). To all our valued world wide members of the New Art Editions family … Stay safe and take care of one another New Art Editions is an online service and we continue to offer our services throughout these strange and troubled times. Our offerings and Private Sales are fully available.We want to assure you that your order is reserved and will be processed and dispatched once our Gallery buildings reopen again. The South Gallery has been turned into a replica of Cao Fei’s Beijing studio, which is located in a former cinema and community space called the Hongxia Theatre — a historically significant space throughout the transformation of the neighborhood it resides in, Jiuxianqiao, and the socialist industrialization of China. This latest in the Serpentine’s exploration of VR and AI is exceptional both in engaging so critically with the “century of progress” that precedes it, and in suggesting that redemption lies not in new technology, but human contact.What do we do to those we love – our children in particular – when we keep our sights trained on the future? The film tells the story of a computer scientist working on a secret international project that … About. £300 (incl. VAT) On the occasion of her solo exhibition Blueprints, at the Serpentine Galleries, Chinese artist Cao Fei has produced two new limited edition artworks. But this immaculately crafted exhibition reveals a dense network of references and ideas that take this central idea – sacrifice to progress – into territories historic, geographic, political and fantastical.Asia One is set in an automated warehouse the size of a city, its robot mechanisms tended by two voiceless loners apparently unable to communicate.
Cao Fei, Nova, 2019, video, 109'. Our current reopening date cannot be confirmed at this time, this impacts on the delivery timeline we normally advise. You can find their current status on their own company websites. As in Cao Fei’s other works, the pervading melancholy is punctured by moments of surreal beauty and humour: the system is confounded by a cascade of pomelos; a 1970s style dance troupe engages in choreography in the style of old propaganda films celebrating technological progress.To either side, Cao Fei has reproduced the original Hongxia Theatre kitchen.