Making its US debut, catch Cheng Ran's "Chung Kuo (Ck2k2x)" on the High Line from September 15 – November 9, 2022. The film will be showing daily starting at 7pm on the High Line at 14th Street.⁠ ⁠ The film revisits famed Italian filmmaker Michaelangelo Antonioni’s controversial documentary portrait "Chung Kuno—Cina" (1972). Anotioni filmed the work at the invitation of the Chinese government, but focused on the people presumed to have been at the edges of his official tour. The final film sparked outrage among Chinese cultural critics and the general public for its failure to show an accurate portrait of the country.⁠ ⁠ Cheng’s film offers a new portrait of contemporary China, opening with the question “Is this another dream?” The film comprises 100 short documentary-style videos, each ranging from a few seconds to almost one hour. Taking place among skyscrapers, farmland, and wilderness, some of the clips are staged while others are filmed from life. With this work, the artist records the present and imagines future ghosts of modernization from his own perspective. ⁠ ⁠ Learn more about Cheng Ran and "Chung Kuo (Ck2k2x)" at the link in profile.⁠ ⁠ Cheng Ran, "Chung Kuo (Ck2k2x)," 2017–2022; 65 min.