Join us for a screening of DOKU The Creator by artist Lu Yang followed by a question and answer session led by H E Wilco, curator of Forever Tomorrow: Chinese Art Now with the artist.

This film screening is free for Members and $5 for general admission.

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About the film

DOKU The Creator is the third chapter in Lu Yang’s DOKU series which follows the solitary adventures of a multifaceted avatar named DOKU, based on the digitalisation of the artist’s own face. With this alter ego, Lu Yang transcends the limits of the physical body and explores new forms of freedom through digital reincarnation. Merging Buddhist philosophies, digital consciousness, gaming aesthetics and AI-generated worlds, he depicts a complex and exciting digital identity.

Please note the film is in Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles. The question and answer session with H E Wilco and Lu Yang will be in English.

Hutch Wilco

H E Wilco is a curator, writer and exhibition developer with nearly three decades of experience delivering major museum projects in New Zealand and China. Based in Shanghai for almost a decade, he worked in the city’s private art sector before founding an exhibition development practice specialising in curatorial research and exhibition strategy. He has curated exhibitions for leading museums and galleries across China, with a particular focus on post-1980s Chinese artists, and writes regularly for international arts publications.

 

Lu Yang

Lu Yang is a multidisciplinary artist whose immersive animations and installations explore the intersections of body and mind, spirituality and science, technology and human existence. Drawing on neuroscience, Buddhist and Daoist philosophy, gaming culture and anime, Lu employs 3D animation, virtual reality, game engines and live performance. Lu’s film DOKU The Flow is on show now in Forever Tomorrow, and his work has been presented internationally at Centre Pompidou, Paris; Venice Biennale; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Kunsthalle Basel; and Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.