Speaking during a session titled “The Future of Art Is Felt, Not Just Seen,” Lan explored the rapid rise of AI-enabled artistic production.
Chinese creative innovation took the spotlight at BRIDGE Summit 2025, where prominent broadcast journalist and media entrepreneur Yang Lan addressed a full audience eager to hear her insights on how technology is reshaping global artistic expression. As Co-Founder and Chairperson of Sun Media Group and the Sun Culture Foundation, Lan offered an expansive view of how digital tools, interdisciplinary practices and emerging technologies are transforming the creative landscape in China and influencing trends worldwide.
Lan guided audiences through the emergent wave of AI-powered creativity in a session titled ‘The Future of Art Is Felt, Not Just Seen’. She illustrated how artists across China are increasingly merging psychology, science, heritage and urban design through new technological tools, a shift redefining how audiences encounter and interpret creative work.
Lan spotlighted examples from the Hengqin–Macau International Digital Art Expo, where visitors stepped inside biometric-driven environments, observed imagined underwater ecosystems generated by sensors attached to oysters and interacted with 3D recreations of museum artefacts. These works, she explained, represent a deeper cultural transition: art is no longer confined to passive viewing but is becoming a multi-sensory field shaped by data, immersion and emotional presence.
She framed this movement as part of a broader surge of experimentation among young Chinese creators and technologists. “We are living in a very exciting age,” she enthused, “when we call for a new ecosystem of media, of artistic and design revolution… of the creation, exhibition, experience, and the trade of digital IP in the future. And using blockchain, I think that’s coming before we can expect.”
The UAE’s ongoing investment in contemporary artistic expression made BRIDGE Summit 2025 a fitting stage for Lan’s exploration of digital creativity.
The session forms part of a 300+ session programme that reflects BRIDGE Summit’s scale and ambition.
