Text 1: My Animation (2021)

I have been in the field of animation for a while, not long as a veteran but enough to observe things. Even the animation seems like one of the most interdisciplinary arts due to the particular nature itself, the current recognition of animation is still mainly limited to animations on-screen in theatre which hugely restrain the growth and the possibilities of animation. For me, the animations on-screen are not what I mostly am interested in. The other aspects of animation that remain ignored by far too many animation makers are not less than intriguing. How are the raw materials in animation treated and taken care of, how does the making process go with the creator’s imagination, how is an animation perceived by the spectators, and how does the appreciation of animation relate to the spectators’ live experience that are not merely about the animated content and the animated visual? This kind of question has been revolving around me all along. The space of animation is like an abyss of the sublime that I am diving into. 

I believe animation is magical. The definition of animation might be defined in various ways according to specialists in each area as every practice, however, explore what is my animation and how can I work with it are really challenging and motivate me.