ARKIPEL

Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival

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Perfect Suspect

Hsu Che-Yu

2011, Taiwan

4 min 54 sec, stereo, HD, color

Sinopsis / Synopsis

Saat berada di Tainan, sang seniman menelusuri lima kejahatan di dekatnya—bunuh diri, penembakan, pencurian, perselisihan di klub malam—menggunakan laporan media dan petunjuk dari televisi. Setiap lokasi difilmkan, kemudian peristiwa tersebut diperagakan kembali melalui animasi. Karya ini menolak rekonstruksi faktual, melainkan menjadi simulasi tersier: imitasi tentang bagaimana berita itu sendiri merekayasa realitas.

While in Tainan, the artist traced five nearby crimes—suicide, shooting, theft, nightclub dispute—using media reports and televised clues. Each site was filmed, then the events were re-enacted through animation. The work resists factual reconstruction, becoming instead a tertiary simulation: an imitation of how news itself fabricates reality.

Director’s Biography / Biografi Sutradara

Hsu Che-Yu, yang berbasis di Taipei dan Amsterdam, telah mengadakan residensi di HISK, Le Fresnoy, dan Rijksakademie. Pertunjukan solonya mencakup Hong Foundation, ARGOS, ILHAM, Fundació Joan Miró, CAC Genève, MOCA Taipei, dan banyak lagi, dengan penampilan besar di Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Theater der Welt, Bienal de São Paulo, Seoul Mediacity Biennale, dan IFFR.

Hsu Che-Yu, Taipei- and Amsterdam-based, has held residencies at HISK, Le Fresnoy, and Rijksakademie. His solo shows span Hong Foundation, ARGOS, ILHAM, Fundació Joan Miró, CAC Genève, MOCA Taipei, and more, with major appearances at Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Theater der Welt, Bienal de São Paulo, Seoul Mediacity Biennale, and IFFR.


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