Delusional Crime and Punishment

The NYU Shanghai Art Gallery premiered the cerebral visual effects of Lu Yang Delusional Crime and Punishment—the newest video installation of Chinese artist Lu Yang, on October 17. (Photo by: NYU Shanghai)

The artist is especially fascinated with the brain and takes a detached and unsentimental approach in weaving biology, neuroscience, religious studies and pop culture in her work. (Photo by: NYU Shanghai)

The bulk of her work focuses on and explores science and technology, creating a unique understanding of the world through these two fields. (Photo by: NYU Shanghai)

The uncanniness and detachment of Lu’s chosen imagery simulate the cold randomness offered by biological science to questions concerning the meaning of existence. (Photo by: NYU Shanghai)

Immersed in playful hellfire, banners of demons and brains, and the heavy bass of a dark electronic soundtrack, audience members stand rapt before a giant screen depicting human creation via 3D printer and torturous visions of hell. (Photo by: NYU Shanghai)

Lu Yang (b.1984, Shanghai) graduated in 2010 from China Academy of Art with an M.A degree in New Media Art, and currently splits her time between Beijing and Shanghai. (Photo by: NYU Shanghai)

As one of the most renowned new media artists of her generation, her work has been exhibited at many prestigious art institutions all over the world, including Shanghai, Beijing, Korea, Singapore, Germany, Russia and Japan. (Photo by: NYU Shanghai)