RuShi NFTs
“Everyone is different, everyone is the same!”
RuShi NFT (2022 - ) is an ongoing project launches as a fixed set of 1,000 NFT items. It is a set of NFT variations out from John another award-winning interactive installation work, RuShi (2018).
RuShi NFT is using the ancient Chinese fortune-telling algorithm “BaZi” (八字) to generate the 8-squares pattern (* an unique 5-elements colour structure calculated by BaZi) with a selection of 1,000 selected world famous artists/ musicians/ creators who has been the lifetime inspiration to John. John is curious to know the “colours” of all his inspirers in such minimalistic form.
This series of work is about appreciation of oneself & others, balance & imbalance, oneness & unlikeness, ancient algorithm & new superstition.
John Lennon
RuShi_#1_Lennon
Paul McCartney
RuShi_#2_McCartney
George Harrison
RuShi_#3_Harrison
Ringo Starr
RuShi_#4_Starr
Kurt Cobain
RuShi_#5_Cobain
Thom Yorke
RuShi_#6_Yorke
Beck
RuShi_#7_Beck
David Bowie
RuShi_#8_Bowie
Vincent Van Gogh
RuShi_#9_Gogh
RuChu_64 NFT Series
That pattern of our subconsciousness!
I love patterns! Life is represented in different kind of patterns. One of the core aesthetic of my artwork is pattern visualisation. I study I-Ching for over 10 years. And I notice there is a very interesting pattern goes on with some repeated keywords in I-Ching (Book of Changes).
RuChu_64 (2022 - ) is an extended series of RuChu NFT (2022).
RuChu_64 is an ongoing project launches as a fixed set of 64 NFTs.
RuChu_64 series shows the 64 individual hexagrams from the I-Ching (Book of Changes) in 64 works, while RuChu is presenting the whole script of I-Ching in one single work. In each RuChu_64 work, you can see each work is based on the particular hexagram’s six stacked horizontal lines (爻 yáo) as the base.
RuChu_#1_QIAN
RuChu_#1_QIAN (2022) is the 1st work of the RuChu_64 series (2022 - ).
It is also the 1st hexagram out of the 64 hexagrams from I-Ching.
Hexagram 1 is named 乾 (QIAN), QIAN means “Force”, Heaven in its motion, gives the idea of strength. The superior man, in accordance with this, nerves himself to ceaseless activity. Other variations include "the creative", "strong action", "the key", and "god". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical.
RuChu_#2_KUN
RuChu_#2_KUN (2022) is the 2nd work of the RuChu_64 series (2022 - ).
It is also the 2nd hexagram out of the 64 hexagrams from I-Ching.
Hexagram 2 is named 坤 (KUN), KUN means “Field”, The capacity and sustaining power of the earth is what is denoted by KUN. The superior man, in accordance with this, with his large virtue supports men and things. Other variations include "the receptive", "acquiescence", and "the flow". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical.
