MACHINE LOVE: Video Game, AI and Contemporary Art

In Lu’s video works, the transcendental power of Buddhist wisdom is mediated through new technologies and pop cultural tropes, raising fundamental questions about the human body and mind. Since 2022, he has been producing a trilogy of films titled “DOKU” (a world inspired by the Mahayana Buddhist phrase “Dokusho Dokushi” [we are born alone, and we die alone]), in which a namesake avatar, who is a digital incarnation of the artist himself, journeys through different dimensions of the Buddhist spiritual world, offering a captivating perspective towards life and death. His recent solo shows include Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris, 2024), Kunsthalle Basel (Switzerland, 2023), and MOCA Cleveland (OH, USA, 2017). He participated in the Venice Biennale in 2022 and 2016 among other major biennales and triennials. He was awarded the BMW Art Journey in 2019 and the Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year in 2022.