Feng Mengbo: Taking Mt. Doom by Strategy

Title:

Taking Mt. Doom by Strategy

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Exhibiting Artist(s):



• Feng Mengbo

Symposium:

• ISEA98: Ninth International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• The Tea Factory, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Artist Statement:

Beijing-based Feng Mengbo takes his inspiration from video games, the internet and China’s recent history, blending Western commercial iconography with the symbols of the Cultural Revolution. In his new CD-Rom installation, Mengbo combines aspects of the Chinese Revolution’s Beijing Opera, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, with the popular computer game, Doom.

Category:

• Art Exhibition