The 1975 Playing On My Mind

Playing On My Mind from The 1975s new album, Notes On A Conditional Form. Out now The 1975 and Ben Ditto have curated an online exhibition of 14 artists responding to tracks from NOACF. 15 Lu Yang responds to Playing On My Mind. Lu Yangs commission for The 1975 is performed in the virtual world by his nonbinary digital alterego Doku, whom hes constructed using the latest in 3D scanning, motion capture and digital modelling technology. 50 of his facial expressions have been recreated from ultrahigh quality scans, while Dokus pop choreography was performed by a dancer turned motioncapture puppeteer. His sneakers are glowing neon. His bare torso is lit up with incandescent circuitry. His hands leave trails of violet effervescence in the air. In the virtual world, says Yang, I was able to do things such as choosing my own genderneutral body and creating an appearance that reflects my own sense of beauty, which are not possible in real life. I consider Doku as