We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Ke Jyun Wu. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Ke Jyun below.
Ke Jyun, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you share an important lesson you learned in a prior job that’s helped you in your career afterwards?
“If you want to be creative, you can’t be certain.” This is the most important lesson I’ve learned over the past few years.
As human beings, it’s quite common to experience unstable emotions when we encounter an unpredictable future or circumstances. On the dark side, we might lose something, but on the bright side, we can always learn from the process or the outcome, no matter whether we fail or succeed.
Being an artist, or anyone who works in the creative industry, we’re all like pioneers. We’re always working on something we haven’t done before, or that no one has done before. Even with similar projects, different contexts, timing, and clients can change everything.
What we can do is embrace all of the uncertainty and earnestly seek valuable experiences within it.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
Hi everyone, I’m Ke Jyun Wu, a media artist currently based in Los Angeles.
“As a media artist, I bridge the gap between disciplines, acting as the hub for the entire creative process.”
To me, digital media is like water—it can thread and connect various types of materials and fields.
When I take on different roles, I embrace entirely different missions.
As a digital artist, I am like an indigenous inhabitant of the digital world. Through my creations, I hope to lead everyone to catch a glimpse of what the future native digital world looks like, inspiring thoughts on how we will reconstruct all things in nature using groundbreaking technologies. Over the past few years, I have built a new worldview by creating several interactive installations about digital ecology. In different ecosystems, users can interact with the works in various ways, truly dissolving the boundary between reality and virtuality.
As a digital creator, I am the intersection of various disciplines, connecting all fragmented experiences through digital means. For example, while visiting an exhibition, I developed an online web platform that allows users to use their existing digital devices (mobile phones) to record information throughout their journey—such as visited locations, duration of experiences, accumulated points, and so on. Ultimately, through this information, we collectively shape the final form of a digital art installation. Alternatively, I collaborate with dancers, using wearable devices, various sensors, and AI to capture the dancers’ movements in real-time, further digitizing them into new digital postures. These examples are just the tip of the iceberg of all possibilities.
But regardless of my identity, I will use digital means to bring all imaginative ideas into reality.
Wherever there is digital, there is a place where I can make an impact.
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
As an artist, the entire process from creation to sharing your work allows you to fully experience a microcosm of life. From the conception, planning, creation, and refinement of a piece, to sharing it with the public and listening to feedback, each stage offers ample space for deep reflection. In these phases, what is it that you love or dislike? Such contemplations help you understand your own character and realize what you are truly pursuing in life. As a creative professional, you must strive to empathize with others, putting yourself in their shoes to understand how different people in various situations perceive the same topic or idea.
Therefore, art is not only a means of self-expression but also a continuous journey of exploring oneself and others. Through this journey, I constantly grow—not only improving my professional skills but also elevating my thoughts and emotions. Ultimately, all of this drives me to create works with greater depth and resonance, giving back to society and the audience. This cycle of interaction is precisely what I find most valuable about being an artist or creative professional.
Whenever I embark on a new project, I feel it carries many of my reflections and memories, like a time capsule storing my feelings and growth at different stages of life.
How did you build your audience on social media?
Don’t be afraid to repeatedly share your work, and don’t feel shy about consistently promoting your ideas and philosophies.
In the past, I often felt a bit uncomfortable sharing my work on different social media platforms, especially when re-sharing pieces I’d already published. Sometimes, I had a strong feeling that I was just “rehashing old ideas.” However, as I gained more professional experience, I deeply realized that each time a work is exposed, it only reaches a small fraction of people worldwide. In this fast-paced era, people’s attention is occupied and divided by various platforms and content. By continuously and persistently conveying your ideas and thoughts in different ways, you plant a seed in others’ hearts, awaiting the day when all your works intertwine and connect. A good story is worth spreading widely.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://kejyunwu.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kejyunwu/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ke.jyun.3
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kejyunwu/
