Delusional World

China, 2020

Lu Yang, b. China

Live-streamed performance

Artwork ACMI commissions On display

Lu Yang’s dizzying virtual world is a neon dreamscape lurking in our networks. Exploring digital voyeurism and online cultures, Delusional World summoned audiences to our new online gallery to encounter a frenetic collision of Chinese mythology, sci-fi futures and live performance.

This mind-bending, hyper-pop performance was a unique, one-time event. It featured a contemporary dancer fitted with motion capture technology, who projected fantastical digital avatars of the artist that materialised as deranged deities, Manga-inspired mutants and cyborgs. Live-streamed from Chronus Art Centre in Shanghai, this experimental performance presented a darkly humorous virtual world where the audience and artist interacted through a live chat.

ACMI’s Collection retains an archive of documentation and images of the performance.

Delusional World was commissioned by ACMI, Arts Centre Melbourne, Asia TOPA and Exhibitionist, in collaboration with curator Mathew Spisbah, Chronus Art Centre and Meta Objects. It was presented as part of Asia TOPA 2020.

Curator Notes

Delusional World

Performance date: 11 Nov 2020, 6–7pm AEDT

This performance contains content suitable for a Mature audience and is not recommended for children under the age of 15. It contains some adult and horror themes, strobe lighting and coarse language
https://luyang.acmi.net.au/

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

11 November 2020

ACMI: Gallery 5

Credits

artist

Lu Yang

producer

Mathew Spisbah

Production places
China
Production dates
2020

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

Z000187

Audience classification

M (15+)

Subject categories

Computer program

Digital Art

Sound/audio

Sound

Object Types

Artwork archive/Artwork

Materials

Archive of material associated with live streamed performance from 2020.

Collected

11 times

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