CAO FEI PROJECT FOR SECOND LIFE AND PERFORMANCE AT THE ASTRA  THEATER IN TURIN

As part of Artissima 16 Theatre Project “Blinding the Ears” the new program
 curated for November 2009, Arthunb and DEPART Foundation has 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).



The project is co-curated by Davide Quadrio & Defne Ayas and produced by DEPART.

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