http://rmbcity.com Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:01:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “RMB City Code, Season 1: Wang Guo Wei”, a Second Life game 29 March, 2010 In 1927, the poet Wang Guo Wei threw himself into the murmuring waters of Beijing’s Kunming Lake, never to be seen again in the first world. Now, almost a century later, a rumor is afoot: was that Wang ... http://rmbcity.com/2010/03/launch-of-rmb-city-code-a-sl-treasure-hunt/ Dressed in her shining armor, the futuristic silhouette of China Tracy flies over LeCorbusier’s modernist plan of the utopian city ‘La Ville Radieuse’, sketched by the great Swiss-French architect back in 1935. The inspiration of this very rudimentary collage (I must admit I’m still very unskilled in graphic design) came to ... http://rmbcity.com/2010/03/from-bauhaus-to-virtual-worlds/ Dou Zi, China Art Show, Elle (Chinese Edition), March 2010, pp 80-4 http://rmbcity.com/2010/03/rmb-city-on-elle-china/ A joint project by ARTSPACE Auckland and the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane February 13, 2010 - May 16, 2010 From  the Otago Daily Times (Online Edition),  J. Dignan, Monday 4 March 2010: http://rmbcity.com/2010/03/cao-fei-utopia-the-dunedin-public-art-gallery-new-zealand/ ‘Contemplating the Void’ Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA February 12–April 28, 2010 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum invited Cao Fei to imagine how she would ideally utilize their iconic museum building in New York to stage an artistic concept. Envisioning Frank Lloyd Wright’s eccentric space as a yak horn, she built the Guggenheim in ... http://rmbcity.com/2010/03/contemplating-the-voidl/ http://rmbcity.com/2010/02/happy-spring-festival/ Despite the queue and the icy Beijing weather, I’ve finally managed to watch the highly advertised and long expected ‘talk of the town’ movie, James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’, a blockbuster of exorbitant costs, in terms of budget (reports vary from $230 million to $500 million) and in terms of time (it ... http://rmbcity.com/2010/02/avatar-american-blockbusters-and-chinese-landscape/ Utopia Matters: From Brotherhoods to Bauhaus 23 Jan-11 Apr 2010 RMB City takes part in a major exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin. Exhibiting an extensive range of works from different art currents and spanning 130 years of Art History, Utopia Matters investigates the representation of ideal society and alternative worlds in ... http://rmbcity.com/2010/01/rmb-city-at-utopia-matters-deutsche-guggenheim/ ChinePlus Explosion Urbaine, Demain Sera Vert , Issue n.13 (Dec 2009-Feb 2010) ART CONTEMPORAIN section, Regards-Les Paysages de la Ville, Jérémie Thircuir CAO FEI RMB CITY Se détachant du réel, Cao Fei sous l'avatar de "China Tracy" qui avec sa RMB City créée sur Second Life intègre la ville dans une complète virtualité. Intégrant ... http://rmbcity.com/2010/01/chineplus-dec09-feb10/ A Dramatic “Second Life” for Cao Fei, Davide Quadrio FlashArt, International Edition, Vol. XLIII, No. 270 January-February 2010 As part of Artissima 16 Theater project “Blinding the Ears”, Arthub invited Chinese artist Cao Fei to develop her project “RMB City” –an experimental city and community on the Internet- in a live performance, where ... http://rmbcity.com/2010/01/flashart-jan-2010-on-rmb-city-opera/ DATE January 30, 2010 16:30-18:00 VENUE UCCA Auditorium LANGUAGE Chinese For more info see UCCA website: http://www.ucca.org.cn/portal/activitie/view.798?id=363&menuId=36 http://rmbcity.com/2010/01/cao-feis-talk-at-ucca/ After the official celebrations hosted in SL last January 10, 2010, RMB City opened up the Real Life space of its Beijing brand new office and shared with colleagues and friends the real side of its virtual existence. The whole team, together with colleagues and friends, raised the glass to one ... http://rmbcity.com/2010/01/rmb-city-1st-anniversary-rl-party/ Last Sunday January 10th RMB City celebrated its 1st Anniversary. Here's what Erica Dubach said in her first official speech as mayor of our community: Congratulations to the team for the incredible island, the incredible experience and congratulations for reaching the 1st Anniversary, half time of the whole project. I have an ... http://rmbcity.com/2010/01/4th-mayor-speech-and-rmb-city-code-announcement/ http://rmbcity.com/2010/01/rmb-city-at-dusk-looking-towards-the-future/ http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_news/zL6sQY8bgaBjkt3TZmIK?lang=en http://rmbcity.com/2010/01/art-it-on-rmb-city-1st-anniversary/