.:. art / the times they have a-changed 

Cao Fei
April 9 through September 26, 2026

more pictures .:. When she was a girl, Cao Fei (Guangzhou, 1978) loved to bike from her town to the fields nearby, although the path was not well kept and rain could make it muddy. But it was real fun, between her home and nature.
.:. Things are different, today. No paths for walking or biking, and no farmers working in the fields. Just drones automatically irrigating, in an interaction between people and nature managed through keyboards and monitors only. People have plenty of food, however, and crops can also be exported. China's progression from rural to modern times and automation has been completed. Isn't this way better, after all?
.:. In a Milanese pavilion of her friend Miuccia’s Foundation, Cao's current exhibition does not criticize. It just asks questions. There's a movie describing today's digital life in the countryside – its title is Dash – plus real drones here and there, posters from the 1970s celebrating hard work in the Mao era, a dragon made of rice on the floor as a symbol of good luck in harvesting, and a twenty-minutes virtual reality show to be watched with visors. No interactions allowed with the virtual show, however.

 Fondazione Prada
Largo Isarco 2
Lodi TIBB
Romana district

  Wed-Mon, 10am-7pm; exhibition spaces close at 6:45pm
   Euro 15 / Euro 7.5
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