On 21 May 2026, Vienna Digital Cultures opens at FOTO ARSENAL WIEN with the exhibition Lu Yang – The DOKU Trilogy, accompanied by opening remarks and an evening programme.


19:00 Doors open
19:30 Opening speeches


Speakers:
Veronica Kaup-Hasler, City Councillor for Culture and Science of the City of Vienna
Nadim Samman, Curator Vienna Digital Cultures
Felix Hoffmann, Co-Curator Vienna Digital Cultures


In presence of:
Michelle Cotton, Artistic Director Kunsthalle Wien and Co-Director Vienna Digital Cultures
Georg Hoffmann, Director Heeresgeschichtliches Museum


Following the speeches:
DJ sets presented by HYPER HYPER and KAROLINA
Party and drinks
Free admission

About the exhibition:

The DOKU Trilogy (2018–2025) by Lu Yang explores the dissolution of the self within digital, biological, and spiritual systems and comprises DOKU: Digital Alaya (2021), DOKU: the Self (2022), and DOKU: the Flow (2024). The artist combines video game aesthetics, motion capture technology, and Buddhist philosophy to question identity when consciousness is represented and reproduced. At its core is an avatar based on her own appearance, moving through multiple realities and presenting the self as a shifting network of data and impressions. The DOKU avatar is recognizable yet not tied to a single body, embodying continuous circulation.