In this experimental work, the Japanese animator Yutaro Kubo begins with an uncoloured eight-second hand-drawn scene of a character reaching for a cup. From there, the piece gradually repeats and expands until a cacophony of sounds, hues and abstract images is unleashed, as the action grows increasingly untethered from this initial sequence – and indeed from recognisable reality. Per Kubo, the work is ‘about expansion and enlargement, not the passage of time’. In that way, the work perhaps mirrors the artistic process itself, in which a single idea can grow, permute and deepen in unexpected ways. However you approach it, Kubo’s intricately crafted piece makes for an awesome, unpredictable ride.
Director: Yutaro Kubo
Producer: Koji Yamamura
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