About Oi!
Oi! sets out to make art relevant in the community and to build a sustainable future through collective creativity and collaboration. Projects in a variety of genres – from design to architecture and from contemporary art to new creative media – are curated based on four main approaches: Oi! Spotlight invites both local and overseas artists to showcase their work in response to innovative ideas, boosting cultural exchanges between regions at the same time; Oi! Daily hosts events and invites the public to take part in a dialogue where art becomes a part of our daily life; Oi! OnSite invites talented creators to participate in artist-in-residence programmes with the aim of reconfiguring our impressions of and feelings about our surroundings; and Oi! SoGreen sets out to inspire the public with the plants at Oi! and art programmes that help reconnect them with the natural environment by providing a taste of green living with hints of flowers and fruits. Oi! offers platforms for distinctive art displays where a diversity of people can connect and where knowledge and experience from various disciplines can be compared and consolidated.
Date: 18.3.2023 — 27.8.2023
Lu Yang is an acclaimed contemporary Chinese new media artist active in the international art scene. Lu specialises in integrating elements of imagery, animation, video games and pop culture through digital technology, and explores topics on neuroscience and religion, while expressing thoughts on our own "existence" through unique aesthetics. DOKU, short for "Dokusho Dokushi", meaning "we are born alone, and we die alone", is a hyperrealistic digital avatar Lu Yang created in 2020. In the exhibition at Oi! Glassie, DOKU were presented, as if the soul was travelling across the six realms of Buddhist reincarnation. Travelling freely across different geographical spaces and breaking physical limitations, DOKU is a vivid representation of the artist's views on time and space, objectivity and subjectivity, and the essence of life and existence at the philosophical and religious level.
In 2023, we invited Nadim Abbas, Choi Sai-ho and Lu Yang to participate in Oi! Spotlight and present their works at three old and new exhibition spaces. Using digital technology, materiality and installation as the media, their works aimed to trigger multiple senses and stimulate our imagination about geographical space, guiding us to travel across the realms of reality and virtuality and examine the diverse perspectives of modern life.