Works

Projects

Three ongoing long-term projects. Interweaving film, performance and AI-generated imagery to address Taiwan’s examination system, identity politics and contemporary idolatry.

  1. When I Grow Up: a black-and-white 4×5 self-portrait at the centre — the bare-chested artist in glasses holds a tape measure in one hand to measure his own height (177.7 cm), while the other hand grips a roadside guardrail's stone post, its top trailing a length of broken wire — ringed by 177 AI-generated ID photos corresponding to the whole-number portion (deities, celebrities and anime characters from around the world), one of which is his real passport photograph with a corner cut off, representing the 0.7 cm remainder — set against dense, tangled tree branches.

    Work 01

    Chaos Body Shop

    無序身體販賣所

    A long-term mixed-media project in three series: Photographic Collage, AI ID Photo Series, and the Diamond Sutra rearranged in Bopomofo. Comprising 456 AI-generated ID photos, 7 photographic collages and a hand-copied sutra, it responds to idolatry, the truth of information and identity politics in the age of AI. When I Grow Up, a single work from the AI ID Photo Series, won the Gold Prize in the Photography Category at the National Art Exhibition R.O.C.

    Mixed media · 2025–
  2. Answer, “The King of Examination”: a black-and-white portrait wearing a folded-paper hat with “100” inked on the chest.

    Work 02

    Answer

    答案

    Examination-themed portraits and installations shot on 4×5 large-format black-and-white film, looking back on discipline and selfhood under Taiwan’s college-entrance system. HSU’s first solo exhibition opened at Keelung Museum of Art in 2025.

    4×5 B&W film · Solo 2025
  3. Medicine: an expressive black-and-white portrait holding prayer beads and chains.

    Work 03

    Medicine

    心藥

    Self-imagery combining AI tarot and performance. It premiered in 2025 at beholdingcell as “HSU Che-jui: 22nd Birthday Special Exhibition.”

    AI Tarot · Performance · 2025