Info
Synopsis (25 words): In this animation, Paula Rego illustrates her inspiration and goal of drawing creatures. Following her voice, the roles drawn by her start to dancing.
Credits
Director: Ikea Xie (Yichia Hsieh)
Animator: Ikea Xie (Yichia Hsieh)
Sound: Yung Haung
Music: Yung Haung
Voice: Paula Rego
Special thanks: Kim Noce; Lizzy Hobbs; Matt Abbiss
Biography Ikea Xie (Yichia Hsieh) is a Taiwanese animator currently based in London. She has intelligent observation and narrative ability. She has a high quality of rhythmic sense for mastering motion images. This makes her work have a broad vision and borderless creativity when transforming abstract meaning into visual symbols.
Director statement
I adore paula rego because she is not only a visual artist, but also a person who is good at telling stories. The characters in her painting are no longer just works of art. They are like real people. Her paintings show a unique dramatic psychological description through the relationship between men, women and children. Her painting language has a clear naive style and is full of the sense of form of contemporary art. It has become the psychological state of people in today's life.
In this animation, I used black and white video to show that I wanted to focus on the role performance, but also echoed the famous Etching style of paula rego. As for music, the elegant and brisk piano performances run through the character dance.