"Sinofuturismisaninvisiblemovement.Aspectrealreadyembeddedintoatrillionindustrialproducts,abillionindividuals,andamillionveilednarratives.Itisamovement,notbasedonindividuals,butonmultipleoverlappingflows.Flowsofpopulations,ofproducts,andofprocesses.BecauseSinofuturismhasarisenwithoutconsciousintentionorauthorship,itisoftenmistakenforcontemporaryChina.Butitisnot.Itisasciencefictionthatalreadyexistsaaa Sinofuturismisavideoessaycombiningelementsofsciencefiction,documentarymelodrama,socialrealism,andChinesecosmologies,inordertocritiquethepresent-daydilemmasofChinaandthepeopleofitsdiaspora. WithreferencetoAfrofuturismandGulfFuturism,Sinofuturismpresentsacriticalandplayfulapproachtosubvertingculturalclichés. InWesternmediaandOrientalistperceptions,Chinaisexotic,strange,bizarre,kitsch,tacky,orcheap.Initsdomesticmedia,Chinaportrayedasheroic,stable,historic,grand,andunified.Ratherthancounteracttheseskewednarratives,Sinofuturismproposestopushthemmuchfurther. ByembracingsevenkeystereotypesofChinesesociety(Computing,Copying,Gaming,Studying,Addiction,LabourandGambling),itshowshowChina'stechnologicaldevelopmentcanbeseenasaformofArtificialIntelligence."
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