Otay:onii (Lane Shi)

Otay:onii (Lane Shi) is a multifaceted artist originally from Haining, China. Her artistic practice spans across music, performance, installation and film composition. Otay’s work has received recognition and accolades, including the bronze prize for Best Female Vocalist from Global Music Awards and Best Soundfrom the Audiovisual Arts Industrial Incubator Awards. Performance pieces like “Unwrap!” at the Ming Contemporary Art Museum exemplifies her innovative concept of “bio instruments”. Otay:onii now has joined the Opera performance “Sancta” by artist Florentina Holzinger, and is a selected artist at the Shape+ Platform for innovative music and audiovisual art for the year 2024/25. Her acclaimed albums, including “NAG” (2018), “MíngMíng 冥冥” (2021), and “Dream Hacker” (2023), defy conventional structures and put emphasizes on philosophies extracted from living experiences. Her new release “True Faith Ain’t Blind” (2024) poised to challenge established norms between classical and metal with acoustic piano and voice. She believes in echoes and the potential of “solving a puzzle with another puzzle that can’t be seen, be touched, but to feel”.