PIN-YU WU
Human Wellbeing x Art x Humanity x Technology
Born in Taichung, Taiwan, Wu graduated from the Department of Power Mechanics at Tsinghua University and the Institute of Applied Arts at Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. Before pursuing art, Wu worked as a mechanical design engineer. Currently, Wu is studying Arts and Humanities at the Royal College of Art, where their practice explores the intersections of mechanical systems and digital media.
Wu’s works draw on social phenomena and human behavior, weaving together knowledge and forms across disciplines to spark deeper reflection on contemporary society and life. Centered on human wellbeing within the co-evolution of humanity and technology, Wu’s practice seeks to integrate art into everyday experience and to expand its impact within the structures of contemporary art.
Wu was awarded the Gold Medal in the Mixed Media category at the 112th National Art Exhibition, participated in the 2022 Taipei Digital Art Festival, and was selected for the Hsinchu City as Museum Design Co-creating Program.
Creation/Research field
Automated Social Feeling
These works simulate the virtual process of the circulation and accumulation of emotions or stress between people by means of technological interaction.Through different skills and concepts, such as web crawl, emotional database, game of life, generative AI… Creating mechanical automation shows, exploring the possible accumulation and appearance of abstract human feelings, emotions and stress in the real world.
These simulations are not aimed at creating a realistic consequence, instead, I want to create an unusual Sceneries for Capturing Notice. Any model that simulates reality is inherently a simplification. What matters is that it offers a way of seeing—a performative act that provokes empathy, reflection and challenges the ethical relationship between the tool and humans.
Repetitive Cyborg Futures
French philosopher Gilbert Simondon argued that machines are not successful imitations of life but rather unintended outcomes of attempts at mimicry. This “failure” opened an autonomous trajectory of technical evolution, establishing technology as a distinct mode of existence rather than a mere derivative of biology.
The cyborg represents a condition in which these two trajectories—biological and technical—converge and evolve together in the pursuit of better adaptation to the world. It challenges humanity’s acceptance of merging the human body with machines, while simultaneously provoking reflection on the reasons behind the transformation of the world and, more profoundly, the transformation of humanity itself.
Speculative Social Solution
Dreams are powerful. They are repositories of our desire…..But they can also inspire us to imagine that things could be radically different than they are today, and then believe we can progress toward that imaginary world.—— Anthony Dunne
This is the way I connect social problems with the audience. Whenever a serious and unimaginable issue arises, I find my concerns often diverge from the mainstream discussion. To express my perspective and deliver a powerful critique, I focus on the most basic, fundamental unmet needs rather than approaching change through existing frameworks. By imagining futures or parallel worlds, I am able to highlight what I believe is wrong and make the underlying problems more visible.