Digitized urban life – Art exhibition analyzes man-city relationship

By He Jianwei

Every city has its symbols: the Brandenburg Gate is as iconic of Berlin as Tian’anmen is of Beijing.

But cities are about more than recognizable imagery.

Berlin artists are exploring the hidden and unseen of their city through digital art as they try to unravel its new relationship with its inhabitants in the Internet era.

Having attended this year’s transmediale, the international media arts festival in Berlin, the artists are bringing their works to Beijing’s Today Art Museum next Monday.

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