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Cao Fei Project

Project for Second Life and performance at the Astra Theater in Turin

CAO FEI PROJECT
for Second Life and Performance at the Astra Theater in Turin
A project co-curated by Davide Quadrio & Defne Ayas
Produced by DEPART Foundation
November 2009

As part of Artissima 16 Theatre Project “Blinding the Ears” the new program  curated for November 2009, Arthub and DEPART Foundation have invited the artist Cao Fei to create a special live performance based on her RMB City project- an  experimental city and community in the internet-based virtual world of  Second Life, and continue her investigation between digital fantastyscapes  and the physical world. For this new live work to be presented in a prestigious theatre in Turin, Cao Fei embarks on the challenge of not only creating new  chapter of RMB City but also working with two avatar-actors and various  staging elements to create a new drama based on the “model dramas” (Yang Ban Xi= politically-approved performance form during the Cultural Revolution  period as traditional opera was banned).

Director: Cao Fei (SL: China Tracy)
Script: Cao Fei (with contribution from Hu Fang)
Performers: He Yufan, Jiang Jun
Commissioned by: Artissima 16, Turin, Italy
Curated by: Davide Quadrio & Defne Ayas
Produced by: RMB City, DEPART and Far East Far West LTD.
Producer: Zhang Wei (SL: Freeway Mayo)
RMB City project is developed by Cao Fei and Vitamin Creative Space

Project for Second Life and performance at the Astra Theater in Turin

Project for Second Life and performance at the Astra Theater in Turin

Project for Second Life and performance at the Astra Theater in Turin

Project for Second Life and performance at the Astra Theater in Turin

Project for Second Life and performance at the Astra Theater in Turin

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