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Cao Fei
Cao Fei is a Chinese multimedia artist. Her work is set in the aftermath of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Fei blends surrealism, social commentary, pop culture, and documentary in her films and installations. With this variety of techniques and subjects, she examines how rapid sociocultural transformation affected daily Chinese lives. One consequence of this transformation…
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Wael Shawky
Wael Shawky is an Egyptian playwright, filmmaker, composer, and artist known for his use of puppetry. Why puppets? To Shawky, they bring a sense of childlike wonder to potentially bleak stories, from lengthy historical epics to fresh contemporary anecdotes. As a result, Shawky has staged several, puppeteered recreations of these stories. He does so with…
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