NetiNeti: Odysseys Through Multiple Dimensions

This is definitely the right time to read NetiNeti. 2022 was the breakout year for LuYang, winner of the Deutsche Borse Artist Of The Year. And with a big feature at the Venice Biennale and monograph shows in Germany and the UK, the Shanghai-born, ‘Tokyo-resident’ artist went from niche interest to a hot global entity in just a few months. They draw inspiration from science-fiction, manga, gaming and techno cultures. In their video installations, references to breaking technologies blend with ideas for post- or trans-human scenarios for our world. To create their nonbinary avatars, they take 3D scans of their own body and then work to reincarnate themselves in massive virtual worlds operating within computer game engines. The whole intense mix takes interdisciplinary art into new spaces and really needs to be experienced to even begin to explain. It seems the media is no longer the message: it is the very being.