Print (MA)
Rui Shi
Rui Shi was born in Liaoning, China.
BA Art design for theater and film, Communication University of China, Beijing 2013-2017
MA Print,Royal College of Art, London 2018-2020
They formed the artist group DIRD www.dird.monster with artist Zijing Zhao in 2020.
Exhibition
In Review, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
group exhibition, Hockney Gallery, London, UK
Work-in-Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Read backwards: a way to remember, 508 gallery, London, UK
Rui Shi’s research focuses on religion, mythology, and Internet technology. Through the similarity between "soul" in the religious sense and "code" in computer science, he discusses "eternity" and the influence of scientific and technological development on faith. Rui Shi has formed the artist group, DIRD, with Zijing Zhao. Together, they examine the original gender structures and ideologies of human civilization, and consider the unequal narrative structure of the hero's journey, in which women are portrayed as perpetually weak or evil. They are committed to rewriting the role of women in narrative works.
still from Mountain of Flames (trailer)
still from Mountain of Flames (trailer)
Medium:
wax, paperSize:
1'12"In Collaboration with:
still from web page
still from web page
still from web page
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Buried, Awakened, Reborn in the Mountain of Flames is a web sculpture in which Rui Shi and Zijing Zhao present core concepts of their animation work "Mountain of Flames" which concerns changing identities. The page constantly shifts between light and dark, with animated characters standing silently on snowy
mountains, illuminated by fire and hidden in the shadows. The snowy mountains freeze in time, showing a catastrophe as if it were an eternal monument.
In Collaboration with:
Rose for you
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In 2020, the world is like a Pandora's box that has been opened. People have lost their financial resources, the people they love most, and even the courage to live. In Wuhan, a daughter chases after the hearse of her mother, who died of Covid-19. Because of the risk of infection, she could not even see the last of her mother. In many hospitals, even with their best efforts, there are still crying healthcare workers who watch more and more patients die. I feel powerless and in pain. In the movie "Witching", the little girl asks the priest why the devil is torturing innocent people. The pastor says it's because the devil wants to stir up the relationship between people and God, that if people no longer feel loved, they won’t feel God either.

I believe that art has the magic of healing that can soothe pain and suffering, and yet, during the pandemic, galleries around the world are closed. I chose AR technology because it takes place at the interface between the virtual and the real, and it can be "placed" in the real space when the viewer taps on the link with their mobile phone. I used Blender to model and shape a rose, and Adobe Aero to create links to AR web pages for sharing, so that the flower could be a work of art that leaves the gallery and reaches the private spaces of each viewer. I hope that viewers can receive this kindness through the sharing of cyberspace, and feel some comfort and love during this difficult time.
