Holy Grail

作品賞析

The work Holy Grail was inspired by artist Lin Yi-Hsuan’s experience with online games. The game lobby, filled with players’ digital avatars and nicknames, used to communicate in the virtual world, reminded him of majestic trees in a park. The image carries forward Lin Yi-Hsuan’s signature creativity and intricate visual style. The tree stands in the void, like a living entity in the digital age. Various image fragments and cultural codes that have been digitally processed and reassembled are densely distributed within the tree, embodying the big data myth that “big is beautiful.” While we think we understand the true nature of the world through big data, we don’t realize that each of us actually lives within an invisible framework that is difficult to escape. The influence of big data has long surpassed personal judgment and become the magical “holy grail” of the new era.