The First North Korea International Microfilm Festival, 2013

The First North Korea International Microfilm Festival was a project by the UTOPIA group (Deng Dafei 邓大非 and He Hai 何海) in 2013 for the A4 Contemporary Art Center in Chengdu, Sichuan. The artist group announced an international short film competition on the Internet. A top-class jury of media artists, critics and curators from China selected a program and the award winners from the entries. In 2014, the video program was presented again in its entirety in the exhibition "The 8 of Ways" in the Uferhallen as part of the city partnership between Beijing and Berlin. 
Editions of this artwork are already part of Ulli Sigg´s collection and the Mercedes-Benz Art Collection. 

 "The UTOPIA Group was founded in 2008 by the artists Dafei Deng and Hai He. Since then, a series of participatory art projects have been carried out. The work of the UTOPIA Group is based on questioning one's own living conditions through cultural research approaches in order to confront reality from the perspective of a universal ideal expectation. The ideal of utopia is rooted in the art work of the UTOPIA Group, whereby the representations vary according to the changing times. The UTOPIA Group strives for spiritual enlightenment expressed in works of art."  

From February 24 - May 14, 2024, the Diözesanmuseum Bamberg is presenting the exhibition "Crosses. 1000 Years after Heinrich II - Encounter of Gemstone and Chainsaw", the UTOPIA GROUP (He Hai + Deng Dafei) will present the work "Cross Memorial Hall - 水心教堂", 2015.