Respond to the Derrida

  "Context is ever expandable, never exhaustive and never finished. Similarly the way that works of art may be framed, moving beyond not only the literal possibilities (within works of art), may allow us to consider the frame not simply as somthing related to painting, but simply related the way we view the world, the way we frame the world."- Jasques Derrida

  This quote reminds me of Roland Barthes's theory-"The death of the author". The meaning of the work is omnipresent. It can't be restricted by the physical limitation such as frame. It last forever and and received by different audience and convey into significant perception. (though Barthes claims that the spirit of the work has changed into totally distinct meaning.)

  I agree with Derrida's point that every one is framed by the institute, the culture. We are trying to connect with the art work  when we look at it. What we are doing is filtering the unrelated information and picking out the similar memory and thoughts. We conduct these conclusion and connect with the art work. But our thoughts and perception have already influenced, moreover, framed, by the environment we grew up, the  information we received and anything we learned. Being open minded and expending our horizon can enrich our intention and indeed, have more reaction and response to the world.

Record video

Project 2 storyboard

1. A huge room with tons of with tons of thousands of drawer, strong ambient light that you can hardly see the figure of those drawers.

2. A man walked into the room

3. He saw some drawers with the handles

4. He walked closer 

5. He opened the drawer

6. The man looks like a small square on other side

7. The composition looks like starrytlight while camera zoom out.

8.Galaxy

9. Human's eyes

10. Human's whole body

11. Camera move behind the man and follow the man enter a new, brightly place.

12. fade out

Response of the time & again

http://vimeo.com/12039741

This animation describes the routine that everybody undergo every.
This man has a boring job. He drives the main road which is the closet way to his company. His peer doesn't want to talk with him. He loves someone who doesn't love him.
All he does every day is waiting for time pass.

Time & Again alludes to the man's daily life. The man in this short film suffers from boring and immutable day doing the same work again and again. He just to wait for the time to get off the work. For him, time equals again. In my opinions, Again means repeating the same stuff. However, time is variation. If I have interesting life and challenging work, time against again.

Lots of people don't have passion to their life or job. Life is insignificant for them. They calculate the remain. They have no goal to achieve, just like the man in this animation. We should own our enthusiasm toward our life. Do the job I love and live the life I want. Then we may find the time is not again anymore.

Midterm project

Response of the STREET OF CROCODILES

STREET OF CROCODILES is adapted from a short story by Polish weiter Bruno Schilz.

It's live action, puppery and stop-motion animation which shot on 35mm. It is s street full of  memories and dreams where recollections of Bruno Schulz's childhood.

I tried to add the animal movement in this animation.

Keep testing

Test 3 & Test 4 

Last week, my classmates and professor gave me some advice. Take the woman(or creature?) can do more than walking. She can even dance or have other motion. I found this video and hope I can use this as dancing reference.