NFT / Digital2022
SoulFish
Contents & work details
- Archive year
- 2022
- Type
- NFT / Digital
- Artist
- Che-Yu Wu 吳哲宇
Overview
An interactive generative fish draws on Zhuangzi’s debate about the joy of fish to explore the experience of life.
Work and viewing
Hold the mouse in different directions to guide the fish and click to create bubbles. B toggles the border, P pauses and S saves an image. Its sense of life emerges through observation and interaction.
Original work record
Original text: cheyuwu.com/nft/soulfish
Named after the artist Wu Che-Yu, the soul fish was born in the void and crystallized from human emotions.
Fluttering silently and slowly, their bodies almost disappeared in the light of the deep sea. The fish swims freely, and this is the happiness of the fish.
If we are not a fish, how do we know the joy of a fish? How do we know that we do not know the joy of fish? We will only learn about it when we come to the riverside.
Inspired by Zhuāngzǐ: "The Debate on the Joy of Fish" c. 3rd century BC
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