Prada Mode Shanghai: upcoming 5th edition

Prada Mode Shanghai: upcoming 5th edition

Prada will present Prada Mode Shanghai from 31st August till 1st September 2020, at Prada Rong Zhai, the historic villa in the heart of Shanghai. This will be the fifth iteration of Prada Mode, a traveling social club with a focus on contemporary culture that provides members a unique art experience along with music, dining, and conversations. Past Prada Modes have augmented and extended significant cultural events in various cities worldwide, in partnership with prominent artists, academics, and cultural figures.

Renowned director, producer, and writer Jia Zhang-Ke will transform the space into MIÀN, a site-specific intervention inspired by the director’s cinematic work.

“The word ‘miàn’ has over a dozen meanings in the Chinese dictionary,” Jia writes, “It can mean processed food made from ground wheat, a trajectory formed by a moving line in geometry, a meeting, a surface of things or a person’s face.”

MIÀN, in collaboration with Prada Mode Shanghai, will invite guests to explore some of the word’s many meanings. The intervention will be divided into three chapters that together “reflect the diverse faces of the world…to present human dignity which is called ‘tǐ miàn’ in Chinese.” Each chapter toys with the polysemy of MIÀN.