“After spending years developing computer-game-based artworks, Feng turned back to more traditional forms. “I thought about the relationship between the artist and the audience,” he said. “I think the role of the artist is very exaggerated in the contemporary art scene. Artists are sometimes almost worshipped like gods, and I think this is a total exaggeration. I don’t know where this egoist idea comes from, and I don’t think it can exist in any other industry. For example, “ he continued, “I always think that video games are art pieces themselves, but because video games circulate in a commercial context, or are not designed by one individual, they are never recognized as art.””
“Asked if he was interested in the latest motion-sensor controlled video games, Feng described himself as not “a chaser of new technology” but “a revivalist of technology.” He talked about building Long March: Restart on software that deliberately emulates earlier video games, as he chooses to return to not only his Chinese heritage, but his own experience of playing video games.”