Rui LU
Born in China
currently resides and works in both France and Switzerland
As a graphic designer and visual artist, draw inspiration from observations of everyday life and seek to translate them into a personal visual language. Deeply passionate about exploring new mediums, languages, and motifs across various art forms.
Exhibitions
2021
Group exhibition «Business Classe.es»
At Gallery of l’ESAD d’Amiens, France
2020
Group exhibition «ABCdaire Belin»
At la Maison de la Culture d'Amiens, France
2019
Group exhibition «OOPART»
At the Museum of History and Archeology, Vannes, France
Filmography
ANIMA INC. (2022) 11”08’
Kaleidoscope, Personal Privilege at Bauhaus (2022) 07”15’
Wild nights! : Story about the last days of a killer (2020) 4”50’
Désir d'une intelligence artificielle féminine sous la situation du confinement (2020) 10”20’
Formation
2020 — 2022 École Supérieure Art et Design d'Amiens, France
DNSEP master in Graphic design,graduation with honours
01/2022 — 03/2022 Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
Programme ERASMUS, in Art and Design, (Re)Thinking Privilege through Filmmaking
2019 — 2020 École Supérieure Art et Design d'Amiens, France
DNA (B.A) in graphic design, graduation with honours
2018 — 2019 École Européenne Supérieure d’Art de Bretagne, France
Communication and Art
2012 — 2017 Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, Canton, China
Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication
2015 — 2016 Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
Study abroad program, visual communication option
Copyright of works is owned by Rui Lu
I try to trigger a question or doubt about whether change might be possible, but it’s up to the audience to decide if things need to change and in which direction. I’m just opening up a space for these questions to arise. (From
Francis Alÿs, 2011.)
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
Documentary / 2022
Produced at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
and Nicola Alice Hens, Felipe Alexander Cuartas Moreno, Roland Forster, Pavlo Nikitin
https://vimeo.com/692337424
Description
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.
UKG / 1974
From The Author of the Acacia Seeds
and Other Extracts
And with them, or after them, may there not come that even bolder adventurer — the first geolinguist, who, ignoring the delicate, transient lyrics of the lichen, will read beneath it the still less communicative, still more passive, wholly atemporal, cold, volcanic poetry of the rocks: each one a word spoken, how long ago, by the earth itself, in the immense solitude, the immenser community, of space.