A New Production by Francesco Vezzoli on the Shanghai Skyline

Presented in collaboration with the Italian Consulate of Shanghai.

Arthub is excited to announce a new production by Francesco Vezzoli, to be presented the first week of December 2014, on the LED screen of the Aurora Building. The production has been developed in collaboration with the Aurora Museum and with the support of the Italian Consulate of Shanghai, to celebrate the Italian presidency of the EU Council in 2014. Located on the skyline of the financial hub of Pudong, the screen on the Aurora building is a landmark for the city of Shanghai.

Francesco Vezzoli’s work explores power of contemporary popular culture. By closely emulating formats of various media, such as advertising and film, he addresses ongoing preoccupations with the fundamental ambiguity of truth, the seductive power of language, and the instability of the human persona. This includes a trailer for a remake of Gore Vidal’s Caligula (2005), starring Vidal himself, Helen Mirren, and Courtney Love; an advertising campaign directed by Roman Polanski for Greed, a fictitious perfume; and elaborate, site-specific performances inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luigi Pirandello, and Salvador Dalí that have featured superstars like Catherine Deneuve, Cate Blanchett and Lady Gaga.