Wen Lin studied Theatre in Singapore，work as an Actor and Director since 2014 in Singapore and shanghai. cooperate with many groups and artists such as Secret Cinema London, Robert Willson, Marco Luly. discover new form of arts since 2017 in
visual arts.
Influenced by Hans Hartung, Antony Gormley, Lee Bae, Wenlin advocates an undefined artist creation, just like the words are not limited to Its fixed meaning, but more importantly It's metaphor, just like Chinese philosophy. so does The rhyme of poetry and The color and lines of painting.
ARTISTIC APPROACH
Science defines various factors of our living environment, including people, such as gender, genes, and race. But I like elements that are not defined, such as
- A posture that looks like a straight line but also a bit curved;
- The cables in the city，intertwined with the building and the sky;
- The form of a long hair blown by the breeze;
- The movement range of heels to the toes during jogging;
- The sudden outbreak of emotional depression in life;
- The solid or jumping steps when decision is made;
- The friction between cloth and sofa material.
Undefined subtle behaviors can be used as sources of artistic creation, there is solid and misty in it, as well as stability and flexibility. Arts is highly dependent on life but creation entirely on experience.
We think enough, but we have lack of expression. It's like a craftsman who has learned a lot of skills but lacks practice.
when we seek emotional commonable communication by giving least authenticity expression It’s like a yawning gap getting deeper and deeper. True expression is not that it cannot be attached to infinite imagination, but requires undefined things to be actively accepted. This matter itself is difficult, so I started to create more. The moment you press the shutter is a creation of sensory extension. Writing a poem is like signaling and exit to your own motions.
-As a theatre actor, part of my emotions on the stage is not controlled by myself. It is carefully arranged after several rehearsals. It is nearly mechanical, yet it has to be delivered to audience as real. This is a big task for actors.
-As a theatre director, I am always attracted by the weight, relationship and posture of the actors on the stage, and also by the weight and relationship, lines and colors, objects and backgrounds. However, It is difficult to define each element independently, but enjoying it is an artistic experience. This experience can be converted into another forms.
-As a photographer why did i need to put a camera between my eyes and the real scene，i still don't know exactly but i think it gives certain explanation or maybe an answer, i believe they are different.
like the word 'Explanation' in chinese It's "Jie Shi","Jie" means ‘Understand’, "Shi" means ‘Release’ You'll be relieved when you understand it. but are we really understand it ?
The word 'Answer' in chinese is "Da An", "Da" means 'answering', "An" Means 'Record' or ‘File’. The records and files are answering you, then why we still remain questions ?
This reminds me of Lao Tzu, the Chinese philosopher was an older contemporary of Confucious. whom he is reputed to have instructed in ceremonies. the book <Lao-tzu> bearing his name. he said all thing that"lie within shapes and features"has name or at least, they are nameable. But on the other hand, what is unnameable most certainly does lie beyond shapes and features.The "Tao" or "Way" of the Taoists is a concept of this sort.
Therefore Explanation and Answers does lie beyond shapes and features and we are seeking for both.
科学定义了我们生存环境中的各种因素，包括人，比如性别，基因，人种。但我喜欢不被定义的元素，比如；
-某一个看起来像一条直线被人一拳打弯的姿态；
-城市中的电缆线在建筑与天空中间交错；
-一头长发在微风吹拂下的形态；
-慢跑时脚跟到脚尖的运动幅度；
-生活中情绪压抑的突然爆发；
-下定决心后脚步的坚实或跳跃；
-衣服布料与沙发布料之间的摩擦。
不被定义的微妙行为被作为艺术创作的材料，有坚实和飘渺亦有稳定和变换。艺术高度依赖于生活但创作完全取决于体验。
我们做了足够的思考，却缺乏表达。就像一个匠人学习了很多技术却乏于实践。表达的真实性大打折扣的同时去寻求情感的共通，是一道越挖越深的鸿沟。真实的表达不是不可以被附上无限的想象力，却需要不被定义的事物被积极地接受。这件事情本身就有难度，所以我展开更多的创作。
按下快门的一瞬间就是感官延伸的一次创作。写下一首诗就是情感走向出口的一次创作。
作为戏剧演员时我在舞台上的情感有一部分是不被自己做控制的，那是数次排练之后被精心安排的 ，有些机械，但又需要不缺乏真实性。这是演员很大的一个课题。
作为戏剧导演时我总是会被舞台上演员所呈现的重量，关系和姿态所吸引，被物件及背景所突出的重量和关系，线条和颜色所吸引。然而每一个元素都很难被独立定义，但享受于其中就是一种艺术体验。这种体验可以被转换。
作为摄影师我依然不清楚为什么我会将一个机械的东西架在我的眼睛和一个真实场景之间，但我想它可能呈现的是某种解释或答案，然而这两者又不同。
把“解释”一词分开来看的话，“解”意思是“理解”，“释”意思是“释放”。当你理解之后你就会释怀，但问题是我们真的理解了吗？
“答案”一词分来看，“答”意思是“回答”，“案”意思是 “档案”、“记录”。既然被记录的档案已经回答了你，那为什么我们依然有很多问题？
这让我想起了老子，中国古老的哲学家，与孔子同时，而比孔子年长，传说孔子曾问礼于老子。《老子》一书被认为是中国第一部哲学著作。
在第一章里他提到，一切“形而下”繁荣的事物都有名字，或至少有命名的可能。但从另一方面来看，凡“无以命名”的，必定是形而上的。单价所说的“道”和“德”便属于这一类概念。
然而解释和答案即形而上，故我们都在追寻了。