Interview with Cao Fei – a Beijing-based photographer and filmmaker

Previously-posted Cao Fei is interviewed by email magazine Artkrush, which covers international art and design.

Guangzhou-born, Beijing-based photographer and filmmaker Cao Fei is one of the most exciting Chinese artists of her generation.

She first attracted international attention in 2004 with COSplayers, a video and photo series about Guangzhou teens dressing up as Japanese manga characters, and last summer, at the 52nd Venice Biennale, she premiered China Tracy Pavilion, a project exploring the virtual worlds of Second Life that merged role-playing, ethnographic documentary, and animation.

On the eve of the Lunar New Year, Cao took a break from making dumplings to speak with Artkrush contributor Samantha Culp about animation, youth culture, and virtual real-estate development.

Read the interview with Cao Fei at Artkrush…

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