TEXT / Ho Wai Hin; PHOTO / Lin Mao Sheng Before the interview, it rained for a long time throughout Taiwan, and I was worried that the weather would be bad for the interview. Fortunately, the day of the interview was a sunny day, sweeping away the humidity from days of rain, and the sun was blindingly bright. Perhaps because I was constrained by the city, when I arrived at artist Luo Zhanpeng's home in Sanzhi, I felt fresh when I took a few breaths of air from outside the city. After many winding paths, finally, the light came on. We arrived at a community of artists and found the home of Luo Zhanpeng. As an internationally acclaimed artist in recent years, he has not only taken up residency abroad for the second time but also integrated his creative work with the pop industry, such as being the main visual artist for the band's Mayday concept album and being the artistic director of their music video. When I first saw Luo Zhanpeng, he was actually very sunny, dressed like a neighborhood boy after a workout. Art Castle Luo Zhanpeng shared with us that this house, which he bought three years ago, is a combination of two villas, with a total of 150 pings of space on three floors. He describes his home as a "ruin" or an "ancient castle", and by constantly changing the furnishings of his home, he is always very satisfied with his home. He bought a 30-year old house and opened up the two villas, completely remodeling them from the inside out. With a three-story home, Luo is actually very extravagant in the use of space. The first floor has a living room, a dining room and a studio, the second floor has a bedroom and a bathroom, and the third floor is a storage room for his paintings. Because of the simplicity of his life, he doesn't have too many separate areas of space. "If he had the opportunity to decide his own living environment, why not do what he wanted? He also shared with us, "So, of course, I want my own home to be the way I want it to be. So, he told the designers his ideas, and after continuous discussions and revisions, a home full of visuals, creativity, and personal style was finally born. In order to create his own unique castle style, he hired a large number of people to redecorate the entire interior and exterior, removing the original paint, first with water gun, then with scraping, and finally with frosting treatment. He even handmade the furniture to make the home exactly the way he imagined it. He also set the goal of making his home resemble the atmosphere of a thousand-year-old European city, and put some exquisite works in the deserted environment, hoping that the sunlight will pour into the room as a trace of time, while the whole space is full of touch and visual feeling. The charm of antique pieces Because of his love for antique pieces, in order to take care of both visuals and design at the same time, he remodeled the original table slab, added homemade table legs, or combined it with an ornamental sewing machine, and even spent three years tanning a wooden slab. He even spent three years drying a wood panel. He has gone to great lengths to create his home, and Luo shared with us that because he wanted to be able to change the furnishings of his home at any time, he once put wheels on the furniture so that it could be moved at any time. "I took them down again. He is really an artist on the move," says Luo with a smile. Because he changes the furnishings of his home from time to time, he has "done something" in every space except the kitchen. When we enter, we can find different aspects of him: a surfboard on the shoe cabinet represents his love for sports; walking past his bookshelf, we can understand his usual reading habits; crossing over to his self-made table, and finally, his paint shelf. For example, he has specially bought suitcases from abroad, specially collected lamps, and antique typewriters, all of which have been pieced together for him. In the middle of the living room, the sunlight pours in through the patio, and with such extravagant use of space, it fully expresses Luo's ideal of "making his dream space come true". On the second floor, a cross corridor cuts through all the master bedrooms, guest rooms, and bathrooms, and then on the third floor, the warehouse, where he also ordered a special crane to facilitate the entry and exit of the paintings through the main door. Inside and outside of myself As an artist, I wanted to know how he sees himself, his paintings, and his home. From what he said, he was very satisfied with every corner of his home, and Luo Zhanpeng considered himself to be consistent with his work and his home. "Home, creation and himself are all me." While painting his unfinished work, Luo shared with me, "Individual aesthetics create different versions of myself, and that's how I am. I won't change my painting style because it's the best version of myself so far. It's a constraint, but when I think it's time to change, I'll start changing. He believes that art is an interpretation of the self, and he is constantly thinking and talking to himself. For example, many people told him that the lights in his house were too dim, so one day he changed the lights in his house; as a result, his paintings began to take on a different hue. He also reveals that he has recently been thinking about the relationship between painting and canvas, and is working on a completely different way of creation: he wants to break away from the original fixed thinking and have a new expression. At the same time, Luo also feels life seriously and is grateful for every opportunity in his life. I asked him what his dream was. He said he hoped to become a great artist and that his works would bring people a different way of thinking and provide a visual feast like never before. At the end of the interview, I couldn't help but ask him a question that was deep in his heart - don't you want to move to the city? He said to me with a smile, "Yes! I've always felt like a city dweller, loving art but enjoying the solitude. This is what Luo Zhanpeng is like. Link: http://www.arch.tw/lifestyle/article.php?i=1871