Shrine Island pt3

Shrine Island pt3, the third and final animation in a three part series with kidkanevil is now live on his YouTube channel!

The traveler, an elder now, visits their final shrine island..

The third in a three part series featuring islands dedicated to play.

view all three here!

kidkanevilさんとのコラボ3部作の3番目の動画、Shrine Island pt3が彼のYouTubeチャンネルにて公開されました〜!

Shrine Island pt1

A new animation is here!

An animated music video of the track, Shrine Island pt1, by kidkanevil from his album, BUBBLE.

The first in a three part series featuring islands dedicated to play. The other two parts coming later in 2022.

Art on the Marquee

Our simple looping animation, Playgrounds, had its official debut Thursday with some amazing other artists! We are grateful to BOSTON CYBERARTS for contacting us to participate in this round. This was our third time working with the organization to create something to screen at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The first was for the extremely wide display in the lobby of the convention center, the second was for the multi-panel display outside. Like this round, for the first piece there was a reception and we were able to witness the animation in person. The second piece was right as the US was starting to take the pandemic seriously in March 2020 and all in person meetings were canceled. The animation was still used on the display but we never saw it ourselves!

Both previous animations are viewable on our website though! Miraculously, Boston Cyberarts is still going strong and contacted us in the spring to participate in this curated round. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity! Though the reception was not open to the public it was the first in person event we've attended since everything started.

The animation/installation we created this round reflected our ongoing interest in play, specifically open play and the way simple shapes/structures can invite different modes of interaction. The overall piece was relatively subtle in movement, but features easy-to-read shapes with characters playing on them. 

木曜日、ボストンコンベンションセンター横の大型屋外モニターの点灯式にて私たちの作ったループアニメーション「プレイグラウンド」がデビューしました!コンベンションセンター屋内のモニター映像を含めると今回で3回目です。1番最初の屋内モニターはコンベンションセンターの大きなロビーを横切る超横長モニターに流すものでした。次は2020年3月、コンベンションセンター横の大型モニターへのアニメーションを製作しましたが、マサチューセッツにちょうどCOVID-19の感染が拡大し始めていた頃のために点灯式はキャンセル、その後結局現地には1度も見に行けませんでした。今まで作ったものはどちらもここで見ることができます。

3番目の今回は、ここ数年考えている遊ぶこと、世界を見るツールとしてのおもちゃにフォーカスしたアニメーションを作ってみました。今回も製作のチャンスをくれたボストンサイバーアーツの皆さん、ありがとうございました!

HAKKORI Premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival

We are pleased to announce HAKKORI will premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival this August! There is even a lovely page they prepared for the animation on their website! We are very excited to be able to start sharing this animation with more people!

We also have a page on our website for the film now and look forward to premiering it online sometime in the near-is future, most likely in the fall.

8月5日よりスタートするカナダ・モントリオールのファンタジア国際映画祭の短編アニメーションプログラムCirco Animato 2021にてアニメーション「HAKKORI」が選出、ワールドプレミア上映されます!私たちの事を知らない多くの人にHAKKORIを見てもらえるのはこれが初めての機会になります。嬉しい!

HAKKORIページも作りました。ここから増やして行けたらと思います。時期は未定ですが、なんらかの形で未来に本編公開する予定です。

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Fearless Woman

A new animation of ours is out! Fearless Woman, a music video for musician Pat Robitaille.

Shino travels the land with her old friend Manta researching patterns. Sometimes her research is fruitful while other times it has lasting consequences.

新作アニメーション『Frealess Woman』公開されました!カナダ・トロントのミュージシャン、パット・ロビテールのミュージックビデオです。

いろんな環境を訪れて自然の中に潜む文様を調査するシノ。彼女の友人マンタと共にまだ見ぬパターンを収集しています。この調査には危険が、自己を保っていられないかもしれないほどの変化がつきものですが、変わることを恐れないシノはこの仕事が天職のようです。