Week of July 31, 2010
Peasant Da Vincis
Rebecca Kanthor/World Vision Report
Farmer-turned-inventor Wu Yu Lu with his rickshaw robot at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai.
Description
Shanghai is host to the World Expo this summer, and the theme is "Better City, Better Life."
Internationally-known artist Cai Guo-Qiang organized an exhibit to coincide with the World Expo, highlighting the ingenuity of peasants throughout China. The elaborate robots created by these farmers are challenging city-dwellers' assumptions about the country.
Reporter Rebecca Kanthor has the story.
