As the artistic director of visual and special effects for the Beijing Olympics, artist Cai has spent the past two years planning an elaborate pyrotechnic display for the opening and closing ceremonies. 

Performance Stories

1. Theme The Animagnetism of Terence Koh

   Critics have called Koh a shock artist. What’s really shocking is that his life appears to be his ultimate art piece.

2. Theme Laurel Nakadate’s Lens on the Lonely

   Video artist Laurel Nakadate stares loneliness and social discomfort in the face, and then she shoots them.

3. Theme Li Wei is Falling to Earth

   Li Wei’s body appears to float from a window on the 29th floor of Beijing’s Jianwai. He’s not a stuntman, he’s an artist.

4. Theme North Korean Mass Games

   80,000 performers in perfect unity flow through 90 minutes of continuous and seamless performance. The Mass Games is the largest coordinated performance in the world.