Perfect Crime
He-Lin Luo
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2015Video installation
The artist pays tribute to philosopher Jean Baudrillard with the work Perfect Crime. The man in the mirror enters the real world where he perpetrates an etching and perfect crime. Perfect Crime consists of three major elements, namely “break,” “gunshot,” and “photography.” The artist assumes a man in the mirror who attempts to break through the barrier between the real world and the world in the mirror. He then shoots from the world in the mirror at the targets in the real world as an act of intimidation. The man in the mirror finally photographs the scenes in the real world, thereby substituting himself for the viewers in the real world.
He-Lin Luo
Artist IntroductionBorn in Taoyuan, Taiwan, He-Lin Luo was enrolled in the Graduate School of Art and Technology, Taipei National University of the Arts in 2007, since when he has engaged in creating new media artworks. The professors in the graduate school such as Ya-Lun Tao, Goang-Ming Yuan, Fu-Jui Wang, and Su-Chu Hsu profoundly influenced his thinking, which prompts him to transform his life experiences of obsession with online games during his high school days into the core of his artistic conception. His artworks revolve around the “immigration sickness” endemic among the generation of digital immigrants and investigate the features of the technological era such as “the power of virtuality” and “the speed-produced pleasant sensation.” He won several awards from the prestigious Digital Art Festival, Taipei (2008, 2010, 2011) and FILE - Electronic Language International Festival (2009, 2010, 2013).