“A Comprehensive Theory” is a 3D simulated video work originating from the question how in several languages, the word “clue”, now means a trace or piece of information that can lead to further revelation, originally referred to lines or strings. Further inspired by notions in quantum physics and cosmology, the linear form is used to explore the duality of connection and confinement, chaos and order, and parallel and entanglement.

全面理論在多種語言中，“線索”一詞都帶有對繩索形象的指涉。由此出發並結 合來自量子和宇宙的概念意向，胡芮的三維模擬影像作品《全面理論》中，以 “線索”的形象貫穿全片。其組成的各種結構，包括繩結與網絡，暗含著關聯與 束縛、混亂與秩序，平行與糾纏等雙重可能性。

HU Rui works with video, installation, and computer simulation. His practice engages with issues related to time and temporality from a multitude of perspectives, such as causation, prediction, choice, and language. He is the recipient of the Best Experimental Animation Award at the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival and a Jury Special Mention at the 25FPS Festival Croatia. His work has been shown in exhibitions and screenings at art spaces, institutions, festivals, and conferences, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam; UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; IFVA at the Hong Kong Arts Centre; Times Museum, Guangzhou; Three Shadows, Xiamen; Objetifs, Singapore; Start Museum, Shanghai; Wuhan Biennale; Siggraph Asia; IJCAI; ISEA; among others. He received an MFA in Design Media Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a BFA in Film and Television with a minor in Computer Science from New York University. He is currently Assistant Professor in Computation and Design at Duke Kunshan University.