This digital animated theatre project explores masculinity as a culturally coded performance, shaped by both intergenerational dynamics and the aesthetics of queer digital spaces. Through a poetic fable structure, the narrative follows a young wolf navigating rejection, desire, and transformation under familial and algorithmic gaze. Drawing on East Asian father-son relationships and Gen Z queer identity, the work employs anthropomorphic animal archetypes—referencing the "Gay Zoo"—to examine how masculinity is masked, mediated, and ultimately deconstructed across species, platforms, and generations.
Langlang Luo
I’m Langlang Luo,a digital media artist from China,currently studying Digital Direction at the Royal College of Art.My work explores queer identity,masculinity and emotional vulnerability through soft symbolic visuals and poetic storytelling.Drawing from fairy tales,myth and digital fables,I reflect on the tension between performance and authenticity.Using avatars,animals and surreal scenes,I express the fractured yet tender process of becoming.I hope to create works that are visually gentle and emotionally honest—stories for those who don’t quite fit in,who hesitate in the cracks of society,who drift along identity’s edges,who grow slowly where no one watches.They may be quiet,fragmented or undefined,but they are always searching,becoming,glowing softly in the dark.
Instagram: @langnal_l
Email: luolanglang0622@gmail.com