LuYang’s narratives draw heavily from Tibetan Buddhist philosophies and incorporate non-binary, post-human avatars with fluid identities. Intertwining new technologies, science, pop culture, and Buddhist and Hindu belief systems, their work radically questions cultural identity, bodies and gender, human mortality, global destruction, and the perception of reality.
The Shanghai-based artist explores the notion that virtual existence can extend or replace physical existence, creating unlimited possibilities for humanity in the future. They question the idea of an identity anchored in the body, proposing multiple identities and realities across time and space. For LuYang, identity is impermanent with no fixed self, an idea grounded in the Buddhist concept of impermanence.
