Cao Fei: Dash

“Dash” is the new multimedia project devised by Chinese artist Cao Fei for Fondazione Prada’s Milan venue. The exhibition combines multiple languages ranging from photography to video installation, from virtual reality to documentary footage, and archival material, to trace a complex portrait of a global agricultural technological revolution and its inherent contradictions. “Dash” unfolds from Cao Fei’s long-term research. Over the past three years, Cao Fei has immersed herself in farmlands across southern and northwestern China, as well as Southeast Asia, observing and interpreting the emergence of smart agriculture.