Chaos Lab

During the pandemic, artist CHE YU WU was like a scientist confined at home, day after day throwing his emotions into the screen as experimental material. Loneliness, excitement, anxiety, confusion each emotion was dismantled into particles, lines, and blocks of color, becoming page after page of silent diaries.

Continuing his practice in New York, he created relentlessly, releasing one piece every day, finding joy in nocturnal cycles of code and computation. Then one day, his work Strange Robot was stolen and listed for sale on an online platform. The incident unexpectedly triggered an investigation, prompting people to look back through the long accumulation of his works—only to realize that the “original” had already been growing quietly in the shadows.

The theft became a kind of rupture, letting light pour in. It also gave him renewed energy to gather scattered creations, unfinished ideas, and forbidden emotions, and move them all into an underground space called Chaos Laboratory. There, he invites audiences to step inside and witness not just a visual spectacle, but the traces of CHE YU WU repeatedly pushing toward his limits and again and again attempting to break beyond himself.

"Chaos Laboratory" marks the first physical solo exhibition by Che-Yu Wu, one of Taiwan's NFT art pioneers. The exhibition showcases 50 selected generative algorithmic works from his NFT art creations between 2020-2022. Drawing inspiration from nature, physics, modern art, mathematical rhythms, and music, the works combine classical and modern electronic compositions where live performances and musical segments directly influence the programmed visuals. The exhibition transforms online interactive NFT virtual works into an immersive experience, presented in Taiwan's first five-sided immersive space "AMBI SPACE ONE," leading audiences into the mysterious world of NFTs while exploring the infinite possibilities of interactive algorithms and programmatic art creation.