Encounter the cyber futurism of Cao Fei | Artist interview

Cao Fei’s 'My City is Yours' is an invitation into a world of neon, street dance and pop music; a city both familiar and warped, real and virtual.

It’s a space of play and self-reinvention, where cosplayers and hip-hop dancers take over sidewalks. It’s a city of screens and pixels, mediated by gaming technologies, VR and the metaverse. It’s a city under construction, where neighbourhoods are razed overnight and workers compete for jobs with robots.

Cao has documented China’s rapid urbanisation and digital revolutions for over two decades. Her acclaimed films, photography and large-scale installations offer thrilling encounters with the disorienting, quick-fire transformations of the new millennium.

In the largest exhibition of her work ever seen in Australia, Cao brings the energy of the contemporary metropolis into the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Filmed on Gadigal Country

Find out more: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/wha...

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Additional footage courtesy of:
Chisel
Hayden Wong and Soul of Chinatown
Annabel Symonds | Londoner in Sydney

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Installation
1:38 - World building
3:08 - Exhibition title
3:51 - Virtual and Reality
4:17 - Cultural context
6:05 - Chinatown Sydney
7:21 - Hip-hop Sydney
7:50 - Marigold Restaurant
9:43 - Wormholes
11:32 - Outro