On July 30, artist Hu Shuai reported plagiarism on social media platforms with his real name, and the work was also exhibited at the 14th National Art Exhibition (hereinafter referred to as the National Art Exhibition). Hu Shuai said that the work involved is called "Olfactory Polaroid", which is basically the same as his work "Synesthesia" released in 2021, both in appearance and interaction. At present, the work has been exhibited at the China Art Museum in Shanghai for two consecutive weeks.
On July 31, the New Yellow River reporter contacted Hu Shuai about this matter, and he told the reporter that he had reported the situation to the organizer after the opening of the exhibition, but the plagiarized works were still on display last week, so he reported to the organizers of the National Art Exhibition through various channels such as real-name report letters and telephones. Recently, the Rights Protection Department of the Chinese Artists Association replied that they have paid attention to and are dealing with this matter, but there needs to be a relevant process for removing the work.
On August 1, the New Yellow River reporter contacted the Shanghai China Art Museum, which hosted the exhibition, about this matter, and its staff said that they had given feedback to the leaders on this matter. The New Yellow River reporter repeatedly called the Rights Protection Office of the China Artists Association and the school of the author of the work "Olfactory Polaroid", the Nantes Design Union School of the China Academy of Art, but no one answered.
The artist reported that his work had been plagiarized and exhibited it
On July 30, Hu Shuai released a video saying that an interactive installation called "Olfactory Polaroid", which can transform the audience's expression into a smell, is basically the same as his 2021 work "Synesthesia" in terms of appearance and interactive form. "On the day of the launch on July 18, some self-media discovered and exposed this matter, so the next day it reflected the situation, but last week there were still friends who saw this infringing work at the scene. I immediately reported to the organizers of the National Art Exhibition through various channels, including real-name reporting letters and phone calls. I believe that as the largest art exhibition in China, we will not condone plagiarism, and I hope that the organizers will immediately withdraw the works from the exhibition and make an announcement. ”
The New Yellow River reporter noticed that an official account called "Anti-Plagiarism Art" posted on July 18, "When the blogger walked into the experimental art exhibition area on July 18, the first work he saw felt a little familiar, but there was something wrong. Because the blogger had experienced this work offline, he thought it was fun at the time, so he was very impressed by this work. The blogger also said, "After comparison, it is not difficult to find that the interaction logic of the two works is almost identical, both use expressions as the entrance to interaction, so as to extract emotions and transform them into smells." The similarity in appearance of the two works is more intuitive. ”
On July 31, a reporter from the New Yellow River contacted Hu Shuai about this matter, and he told the reporter, "On the evening of July 18, many friends forwarded me articles from the media to tell me about it, and the next day I reported the situation to the organizers, but last week, some friends went to the exhibition and saw that this suspected plagiarized work was still on display." So I immediately reported it to the organizers of the National Art Exhibition through various channels including real-name report letters, phone calls, etc., and later I also posted a plagiarized video on social platforms. Yesterday, the Rights Protection Department of the China Artists Association called me and told me that they had paid attention to this matter and were dealing with it, but there was a process for removing the work. ”
Organizer: This matter has been feedback, and we will contact you in time if there is any new development
According to Hu Shuai, "Synesthesia" was designed by him in 2021, has registered copyright, and the work has won international and domestic awards that year, and has also been exhibited in many exhibitions. "Synesthesia is an artificial intelligence device with synesthesia that perceives human expressions and emits a corresponding unique scent. Through the facial expression recognition algorithm, it can analyze the facial expressions of the audience and output the values of different emotions, and at the same time, based on these emotional values, the device drives the operation to extract different proportions of odor liquid atomization and mixing, and transform the audience's expressions into unique odors. The work suspected of plagiarism is highly similar to "Synesthesia" in terms of appearance and interaction. My appeal is that the organizers remove this work and make an announcement as soon as possible. Hu Shuai said.
The New Yellow River reporter saw in the work registration certificate provided by Hu Shuai that the creation of "Synesthesia" was completed on April 1, 2021, and the first publication was on April 30, 2021. In addition, the New Yellow River reporter noticed that Hu Shuai himself had also submitted the registration form for the 14th National Art Exhibition, but was not selected. In addition, on the official website of the Chinese Artists Association, the announcement of the re-evaluation results of the works in the experimental art, digital art and animation exhibition area of the 14th National Art Exhibition also has a work called "Olfactory Polaroid", and there are four authors of the work, namely Fan Moumou, Gong Moumou, He Moumou, and Zhang Moumou.
The New Yellow River reporter also noticed that on June 30 this year, the WeChat public account of the official website of the Nantes Design Union Institute of the China Academy of Art had posted: "Recently, the results of the re-evaluation of the works in the experimental art, digital art and animation exhibition area of the 14th National Art Exhibition were announced, and 233 works were selected in the exhibition area. A total of 3 groups of students' works were shortlisted for the re-evaluation of the Shanghai exhibition, among which 2 groups of works of "Olfactory Polaroid" and "Don'tLookatMe" were successfully selected!
On August 1, the New Yellow River reporter contacted the China Art Museum, which hosted the exhibition, about this matter. The staff said, "We have given feedback to the leaders about this matter, and we will contact you if there is progress." The New Yellow River reporter repeatedly called the Rights Protection Office of the China Artists Association and the Nantes Design Union of the China Academy of Art, but no one answered. According to media reports, the Shanghai Artists Association said that the situation had been reflected in the China Artists Association.
According to public information, the 14th National Art Exhibition Oil Painting Exhibition, Experimental Art, Digital Art and Animation Exhibition opened at the China Art Museum (Shanghai Art Museum) on July 18, 2024. The exhibition will be on view from July 18, 2024 to August 25, 2024. (New Yellow River)