This captivating short by Ayaka Nakata displays “abstract movement and sound” in an unsettling and provcative way. With an almost disquieting and ambigious quality, the cartoon draws the viewer in with its subtle use of  dance choreography and intriguing musical arrangements. Nakata demonstrates that animated caricatures can mirror actual body motion and equally, narrate a story. Relying solely on instrumentation and movement, the pantomime-like cartoon engages the viewer as if there were actual words. Although I will always be devoted to oral and live forms of storytelling, perhaps visually, this technique will become another form of recounting historical moments that have aged through time.  

via Sarah Wolfson, 4 December 2009 12:27pm | |