Lu Yang: Art Basel Hong Kong

  • COMA is pleased to participate in the Encounters sector of Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 with an interactive and immersive art installation by Tokyo-based artist Lu Yang, titled  'DOKU the Creator.' 

     

    Curtaed by Alexie-Glass Kantor and presented in collaboration with DE SARTHE, Hong Kong, this digital pop-up store, hosted by DOKU the digital avatar of artist Lu Yang, questions what defines author or creator?

     

    DOKU is a digital persona that has been developing and operating since 2020, a reincarnation of the artist himself which meanders a parallel universe - an extension of his soul into the digital realm.

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    (video/film still) DOKU the Creator, 2025.
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  • 'As hysteria over AI reached a fever pitch this year, artists began tackling the technology’s implications in refreshingly off-kilter ways....

    "As hysteria over AI reached a fever pitch this year, artists began tackling the technology’s implications in refreshingly off-kilter ways. Shanghai-born, Tokyo-based artist Lu Yang is a case in point. Though the artist has been creating videos, installations, and interactive works featuring his virtual avatar Doku since 2020, this year Yang debuted a new installation, DOKU the Creator, that became the talk of Art Basel Hong Kong."

     

    - ARTnews

  • “The Art Basel Hong Kong intervention marks Doku’s debut as a bona fide artist. And so we veer off into...

    “The Art Basel Hong Kong intervention marks Doku’s debut as a bona fide artist. And so we veer off into a discussion about the purpose and commercialism of art fairs. “Participating in such a gathering as a virtual being,” the avatar says, “Isn’t it akin to being part of a performance art system?””

     

    - Gareth Harris for the Financial Times

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