Lu Yang at Bank Gallery
For those looking to escape the crowds, Chinese artist Lu Yang has offered a solution: a parallel dimension where their virtual reincarnation DOKU takes you on a futuristic journey through the six Buddhist steps towards transmigration. Held at the booth of Shanghai gallery BANK, the new media artist explores the age old pursuit for immortality — once reserved for the pages of mythology, but now told through technological means.
Yu, who identifies as non-binary, explores themes pertaining gender representation and spirituality through 3D animations, short films, and installations that are inspired by a wealth of sources, including video games, religion, science and technology. Yu commonly scans their own body to have as a kind of mimesis within their art, such as the latest work on view at Booth C3.
