Unseen Life
Video pictogram / 48″
CHAN Wing-shan, Kimi 陳詠珊
Student of SM2105 Narrative Strategies and Aesthetics of Time-based Media
Abstract
Unseen Life is a pictogram using animation as a form to present the plot of the short story. The title “unseen life” expresses the confusion characters feel about life — they have no hope and future. My pictogram demonstrates low color saturation to echo the overall ambience of Yu Hua’s narrative world. To enhance a sense of oppression, part of the original article is quoted as a background. Characters gradually disappear, which is a metaphor for death. Pop-up words present my impression and critique of the characters. Through my subjective views, the reader may contemplate the restless mood and perhaps to intensify it in my mind …
