DokuTheSelfisLuYang’sfirstnarrativefilmalongintheongoingDokuseries.Asthedigitalavataroftheartist,Dokuwasbornpriortotheturbulentandisolatedyearof2020andcontinuedtodevelopinthefollowingperiodofuncertainty.Bybreakingthroughtechnologicalbarriersandblendingwiththeirdigitalselfwithvariousformsofdancing,exoticcostumes,Buddhistdoctrinesandbodilymovement,LuYang,forthefirsttime,hasinjectedDokuwithhisownlifeexperience,andbuiltthisvideoaroundspecificmemoriesandlivedexperience. InthefilmDoku’spersonaldreamactsasacatalystforthestoryandapreludetoatrainofevents.LuYang’sdigitalavatarexperiencesacrumblingworldandimpendingdoomalongwiththegeneralinhabitantsoftheworld.Thisextinctioneventinthedreamshiftsintoainevitableawakening—anaircraftflyingthroughcloudsandthunderstorms.“Dyingindreamsandlivinginrealities”,theartistdissociateshimselfentirelyagainwhilerecallinghispersonalexperience,andmovesbetweensubjectandobjectwitharestrainedandcalmperspective.Fromtheperceivingofthe“overvieweffect”,LuYanghasexperiencedthenon-dualityofdeathandbirththatwillconstantlyconvertandoverlapbutalsocoexistinanunbreakablecycle—theyaretheentityofSahaWorld.