DSL Magazine: Issue 11

77 方阳 Yang Fang Fang Yang (b. 1996) sees himself as an example of the ‘post-90s’ generation of Chinese users who grew up during the burgeoning development of the country’s internet industries and infrastructures. As Fang argues, this experience marks a sharp contrast with the ‘post-80s’ generation of users who went online in the early years of the Chinese information age. The hype around post-internet art that swept across Chinese art institutions from 2014 influenced Fang Yang’s work, leading him to transition from photography to videos and CG animations posted online. Fang refined his creative skills through online tutorials, and routinely collects materials from the internet, using online platforms or his own websites to showcase and disseminate artworks because, as he says, “putting the work on a wall is too boring”. Fang Yang describes himself as “dependent on the network,” and his artistic output is influenced by Taobao aesthetics and dedicated to representing his generation’s youth subcultures. Image courtesy of the artist