新千歳空港国際アニメーション映画祭で観光庁長官賞をいただきました！My film Burger Satiation won the Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Award at New Chitose! Thanks a lot.
観光庁長官賞をいただき、興味深く感じています。というのも、最初は“観光客”として、いまは“居住者”として日本で暮らしています。本作は全編漢字で構成されています。同じ漢字文化圏で趣味がすっと伝わることを、いまの国際情勢とも照らし合わせながら、自分の中でじっくり噛みしめていきたい！
To receive the Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency Award — it feels especially meaningful to me, since I first came to Japan as a “tourist,” and now live here as a “resident.”
This film is entirely made of Chinese characters(Kanji). I want to take time to reflect on how visual and poetic sensibilities can travel across languages through the shared use of logographic characters — especially in light of today’s international climate.
新千歳にいます。I’m at the New Chitose Airport Animation Festival! On the 23rd, I’ll be serving as a jury member for the Music Animation Competition. Also, catch me on the 22nd at the Japan Short Film Competition aftertalk, I’ll be presenting my film Burger Satiation.
I’m in Beijing for Feinaki Animation Week, which starts today. I’ll be giving a talk in the Academic Forum — “Reality and Animism: Are Experimental Films and Experimental Animation an Experiment?” — where I’ll share some of my thoughts and practices. I’ll also be doing some post-screening interviews as one of the preliminary selection jurors.
