A striking exhibition this autumn and winter draws on the language of video games and Eastern philosophy to address questions of identity.
The solo show by the Chinese multimedia artist LuYang runs at the Zabludowicz Collection until February 12.
It marks 15 years since the gallery opened at 176 Prince of Wales Road, Camden, in the former Methodist chapel and London Drama Centre.
Titled LuYang NetiNeti, it features the videos and an interactive retro-futurist arcade.
On a big screen in the main hall is Doku the Self (2022), which premiered at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022. In it, the artist's digital avatar perceives six character-versions of themself.
The gallery said in a statement: "Entertaining, thought-provoking, and sometimes grotesque, LuYang’s fantastical spaces don’t shy away from exploring human mortality and the nature of reality itself.
"Immersed in the cultures of anime, video games and sci-fi, LuYang combines Buddhist philosophy with aspects of neuroscience and digital technology to investigate the mysteries and mechanics of the human body and mind.
"The exhibition title LuYang NetiNeti incorporates the Sanskrit expression ‘neti neti’, meaning ‘neither this, not that’. In their disorienting and darkly humorous works, LuYang seeks to destabilise the binaries of past and future, human and machine, life and death."
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