Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
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Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is a documentary film that profiles Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang and his large-scale, gunpowder-based artworks, culminating in his ambitious "Sky Ladder" project.
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| Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang canonical | 6 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang Context triple: [Cai Guo-Qiang, hasPublication, Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang]
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Cai Guo-Qiang: When the Sky Blooms with Fire
Cai Guo-Qiang: When the Sky Blooms with Fire is a documentary film that explores the life, creative process, and spectacular gunpowder-based artworks of Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang.
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B.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky is an art publication focusing on the Chinese artist’s large-scale gunpowder and fireworks projects, exploring his creative process and explosive visual spectacles.
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C.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth
Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth is an exhibition catalogue and monograph documenting Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s large-scale, nature-focused installations created for the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.
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D.
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Dragon’s Gift
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Dragon’s Gift is an exhibition catalogue and art book that explores the work, themes, and creative process of Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, particularly his use of gunpowder and large-scale installations.
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E.
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave is an art project and exhibition by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang that explores environmental crisis and humanity’s relationship with nature through large-scale, often explosive and immersive installations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang Target entity description: Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is a documentary film that profiles Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang and his large-scale, gunpowder-based artworks, culminating in his ambitious "Sky Ladder" project.
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A.
Cai Guo-Qiang: When the Sky Blooms with Fire
Cai Guo-Qiang: When the Sky Blooms with Fire is a documentary film that explores the life, creative process, and spectacular gunpowder-based artworks of Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang.
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B.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky is an art publication focusing on the Chinese artist’s large-scale gunpowder and fireworks projects, exploring his creative process and explosive visual spectacles.
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C.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth
Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth is an exhibition catalogue and monograph documenting Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s large-scale, nature-focused installations created for the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.
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D.
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Dragon’s Gift
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Dragon’s Gift is an exhibition catalogue and art book that explores the work, themes, and creative process of Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, particularly his use of gunpowder and large-scale installations.
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E.
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave is an art project and exhibition by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang that explores environmental crisis and humanity’s relationship with nature through large-scale, often explosive and immersive installations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical documentary
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documentary film ⓘ |
| about |
censorship and artistic freedom in China
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international art world ⓘ relationship between art and politics ⓘ |
| basedOn | life and work of Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
| countryOfFilming |
China
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| countryOfOrigin |
China
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creativeDirector |
Cai Guo-Qiang (subject of film)
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linked to:
Cai Guo-Qiang
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| depicts |
Sky Ladder firework ladder to the sky
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linked to:
Sky Ladder
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| director | Kevin Macdonald ⓘ |
| distributor | Netflix ⓘ |
| features |
archival footage of Cai Guo-Qiang's works
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documentation of explosion events ⓘ interviews with Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
| focusesOn | creation of the Sky Ladder project ⓘ |
| genre |
art documentary
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documentary ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
public art performances
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pyrotechnics in art ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cai Guo-Qiang
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Sky Ladder (artwork) ⓘ
linked to:
Sky Ladder
|
| originalNetwork | Netflix ⓘ |
| platform | Netflix ⓘ |
| portrays |
Cai Guo-Qiang's artistic process
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Cai Guo-Qiang's career history ⓘ Cai Guo-Qiang's family life ⓘ |
| producer |
Fisher Stevens
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Hugo Shong ⓘ Wendi Murdoch ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2016-10-14 ⓘ |
| releaseMedium | streaming ⓘ |
| runtime | 79 minutes ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
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Quanzhou ⓘ |
| subject |
Chinese contemporary art
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contemporary art ⓘ explosion events in art ⓘ gunpowder art ⓘ large-scale outdoor installations ⓘ |
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Subject: Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang Description of subject: Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is a documentary film that profiles Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang and his large-scale, gunpowder-based artworks, culminating in his ambitious "Sky Ladder" project.
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