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Algorithmic futures 🌾🤖 In ‘Phantom Sugar’ (2023), Cao Shu explores humanity’s deep desire to control the future, set in the historic Shunde sugar factory in Guangdong, China. Through shot footage and game engine rendering, the work takes viewers on a journey through the factory’s layered history from a drone’s perspective. Merging ancient practices with cutting-edge technologies like swarm algorithms and vertical farming, Phantom Sugar reflects on the symbolic role of sugar and humanity’s need to navigate the unknown. Cao Shu, Phantom Sugar (2023) | Courtesy the artist, licensed by KADIST for its programs

🔮Thanks to KADIST @kadistkadist and OCAT @ocat__shanghai

@how_art_museum #CaoShu: Afterglow and Theremin, How Art Museum, 2024.11.04-2025.02.16. Artist Cao Shu‘s new solo exhibition Afterglow and Therem is based on historical events, individual memories, and literary fictions. He delved into the complex intertwined relationships between memory, computer graphics technology, and digital society; Constructed a virtual illusion that transcends reality. Fragmented historical memories generate echoes, oscillating in different time and space, far or near, like unpredictable occasional melodies played on a theremin; It is also like the long afterglow left by the Big Bang, affecting a moment Simultaneously belong to the future and the past through multiple forces.

Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily 2026.04.19 香港星岛日报

Creative of Possible World National Stadium 2026.4.27-2027.4.26

The screening of 𝑷𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒎 𝑺𝒖𝒈𝒂𝒓 by Cao Shu is extended till 3 May 2026. Situated in an imagined future, Cao explores humanity's compulsion with control and our tendencies to read patterns and impose meanings upon them. Set against the backdrop of an abandoned sugar factory in an imagined future, the relationship between sugarcane and sugar can perhaps offer some quiet clues on the cause and effect of prediction and control. Catch 𝑷𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒎 𝑺𝒖𝒈𝒂𝒓 by Cao Shu at Queensway Television, on view daily from 8.30am to 10pm till 3 May 2026.

Honor to be featured on the new book Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008 published by Asian Art Archive @asiaartarchive and Tai Kwun @taikwuncontemporary Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008 Edited by PILI YIng Kwok Anthony Yung Daniel Szehin Ho

Spark: From Pole to Pole This exhibition takes the physical phenomenon of ”spark“ as its point of departure. Through the integration of art and technology, it explores the interplay, energy conversion, and systemic transformation between poles—such as positive and negative charges, positive and negative energy, and positive and negative boundaries—extending from physical phenomena to reflections on the technological era, media art, and even the trajectory of human civilization. Curated by Sun Dongdong and Tao Hanchen, the exhibition brings together 27 contemporary artists. Through a range of media including video, installation, and interactive experiences, it presents five core features of the essence of ”spark“: phase difference, energy accumulation, threshold boundary, creativity and destructiveness, and systemic change. 2026.0404-2026.0628 A4 Art Museum @a4artmuseum_official Curator Sun Dongdong @sundongdong55 Tao Hanchen @scv_t

◼️◾▪️◾◼️ 🖤 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 at 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🖤 「 看啊，幽靈! 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵! (𝘦𝘤𝘤𝘰 𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘦)! 」 曹澍 𝗖𝗮𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝘂 @caoshuart BROWNIE Project_Booth_1C42 March 25-29, 2026 Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre @artbasel @brownieprojectgallery @caoshuart - 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗽𝗹𝘀 𝗗𝗠 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼@𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁.𝗼𝗿𝗴 #brownieproject #artbasel #caoshu

◼️🧩▪️🧩◼️ 𝗖𝗮𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝘂 𝙃𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 II, 2025 40 x 40 x 62.5 cm Iron, Epoxy resin, AI generated image and gelatin etching darkroom photography, charcoal, 3D photosensitive resin, luminescent coating 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Discoveries - 𝟭𝗖𝟰𝟮 March 25-29, 2026 🕡🕚🕑 @artbasel @brownieprojectgallery @caoshuart - 🖤Cao Shu (b. 1987) delves into historically grounded scientific speculation and a personalized archaeology of technology. Through a diverse array of media—from 3D-rendered animations and video game installations to multi-channel video works and sculptures—he constructs narrative labyrinths that interweave the real and the virtual together, forging digital “archaeological sites of memory.” Shu’s works have been presented in institutional exhibitions at Kunsthaus Baselland (Basel), Macao Museum of Art, White Rabbit Gallery (Sydney), Matadero Madrid, M+ Museum (Hong Kong), UCCA Dune Museum, Power Station of Art (Shanghai), Asia Society Hong Kong Center, BY ART MATTERS, OCAT Shanghai, National Museum of China, and Sleep Center (New York). He has held solo exhibitions at the HOW Art Museum (Shanghai), Zhejiang Art Museum, Imagokinectics by BY ART MATTERS (Hangzhou), Muffatwerk (Munich), and Yokohama Koza Studio (Koganecho). His works are held in the permanent collections of KADIST, White Rabbit Gallery, BY ART MATTERS, Zhejiang Art Museum, HOW Art Museum, and Yaoshan Art Foundation, among others. - 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼@𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. #brownieproject #artbasel #caoshu

◼️◾▪️◾◼️ 𝗖𝗮𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝘂 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚, 2026 30 x 15 x 35cm Black anodized aluminum, UV-curable ink, fluorescent agent Cao Shu's artist's book, “Book of Hecate”, is forged from thirteen black metal plates. The volume houses historical images and contents related to the effects of residual radiation, each etched by the artist with fluorescent lines. In the dimness, these luminous tracings emanate a faint glow, summoning the specters of enduring imperial rivalries, nuclear tests, and the indelible scars of individual historical trauma. Visit us at 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Discoveries - 𝟭𝗖𝟰𝟮 March 25-29, 2026 🕡🕚🕑 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴! @artbasel @brownieprojectgallery @caoshuart - 🖤Cao Shu (b. 1987) delves into historically grounded scientific speculation and a personalized archaeology of technology. Through a diverse array of media—from 3D-rendered animations and video game installations to multi-channel video works and sculptures—he constructs narrative labyrinths that interweave the real and the virtual together, forging digital “archaeological sites of memory.” Shu’s works have been presented in institutional exhibitions at Kunsthaus Baselland (Basel), Macao Museum of Art, White Rabbit Gallery (Sydney), Matadero Madrid, M+ Museum (Hong Kong), UCCA Dune Museum, Power Station of Art (Shanghai), Asia Society Hong Kong Center, BY ART MATTERS, OCAT Shanghai, National Museum of China, and Sleep Center (New York). He has held solo exhibitions at the HOW Art Museum (Shanghai), Zhejiang Art Museum, Imagokinectics by BY ART MATTERS (Hangzhou), Muffatwerk (Munich), and Yokohama Koza Studio (Koganecho). His works are held in the permanent collections of KADIST, White Rabbit Gallery, BY ART MATTERS, Zhejiang Art Museum, HOW Art Museum, and Yaoshan Art Foundation, among others. - 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼@𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗸𝗶𝘁. #brownieproject #artbasel #caoshu

◼️◾▪️◾◼️ We are excited to announce our debut to 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 with a solo presentation by artist 𝗖𝗮𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝘂 and his latest project ”𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌, 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕! (𝒆𝒄𝒄𝒐 𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒆)“. Visit us at 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Discoveries - 𝟭𝗖𝟰𝟮 March 25-29, 2026 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong 🕡🕚🕑 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴! @artbasel @brownieprojectgallery @caoshuart - 🖤Cao Shu (b. 1987) delves into historically grounded scientific speculation and a personalized archaeology of technology. Through a diverse array of media—from 3D-rendered animations and video game installations to multi-channel video works and sculptures—he constructs narrative labyrinths that interweave the real and the virtual together, forging digital “archaeological sites of memory.” Shu’s works have been presented in institutional exhibitions at Kunsthaus Baselland (Basel), Macao Museum of Art, White Rabbit Gallery (Sydney), Matadero Madrid, M+ Museum (Hong Kong), UCCA Dune Museum, Power Station of Art (Shanghai), Asia Society Hong Kong Center, BY ART MATTERS, OCAT Shanghai, National Museum of China, and Sleep Center (New York). He has held solo exhibitions at the HOW Art Museum (Shanghai), Zhejiang Art Museum, Imagokinectics by BY ART MATTERS (Hangzhou), Muffatwerk (Munich), and Yokohama Koza Studio (Koganecho). His works are held in the permanent collections of KADIST, White Rabbit Gallery, BY ART MATTERS, Zhejiang Art Museum, HOW Art Museum, and Yaoshan Art Foundation, among others. - 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼@𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗸𝗶𝘁. #brownieproject #artbasel #caoshu