In ‘We are Perfect’ , close-ups of
expression-less, but immaculate, faces are
shown continuously, starring back at the
audience from three large screens. The
projections directly create an immediate and
unsettling impact, and one might ask ‘Who
is starring at who?’ Being confronted by
these enlarged facial features, questions
regarding the title itself may also arise:
Who is perfect? What is perfection? Is it a
question of physicality, spirit, or imagination?
Perhaps the artist is merely yearning over
the ‘perfect’ heroism of the past. The
ambiguous approach to perfectionism is a
theme often found in Zhu Jia’s previous
work.