ISCA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CREATIVE AWARD 2024

Once-seen dream, a place buried beneath the accumulation of time.
Fragments of uncertain light floating between reality and sleep.
Chains of flickering and repeating images.

The same word may be perceived differently depending on the situation and the emotions at the time. This animation explores such sensory differences through the "e" sound.
　
Although there is a theme, I want viewers to feel and enjoy it freely without overthinking.

There were various cats on the cat planet, and among them was the lonely Fire Cat. One day, a Water Cat appeared and happily played with the Fire Cat, but the Fire Cat accidentally evaporated the Water Cat. The sad Fire Cat embarked on a journey to gain more water vapor and regenerate the Water Cat, but eventually...

One rainy night, the protagonist witnessed a man being killed in the park. He immediately called the police, but his cell phone battery ran out. As he waited for the battery to recharge, his memory started to change…

One day, my appearance suddenly changed into something strange. "I" repeatedly peeled off my skin and attempted to return to my original appearance, but it didn't work. This is a documentary animation portraying the animator's own plastic surgery experience.

The man who has walked only on the white lines cannot move forward. When he turns his attention to his smartphone, he sees a video titled "The Gods Come". The story begins, and he turns around and starts walking again.

Eyes are magical spheres that make up dreams and retain memories. In our eyes, the visions of the within and of the beyond overlap. New worlds come to be when our gazes meet.

I wanted to make a horror movie, but it was canceled due to a setback and I decided to go through the footage I had shot so far.

After the dissolution of 'Mega Five,' a heroic organization, Red continues to be active, embodying the concept of 'a symbol of peace.' However, he starts to realize his internal conflict.

Three ironic stories about goldfish.
Episode 1: “The Goldfish's Nap” When I was a child, I killed a goldfish.
Episode 2: “The Chatty Goldfish” My female friend talks a lot. It's as if she's a goldfish deprived of oxygen.
Episode 3: “I'm a Goldfish” I've lived my life being carried along, like a goldfish in an aquarium.

The bureaucratic system and cultural traditions have always been trying to tell me 'who I am,' while today's AI industry, capable of creating 'magic,' is destroying it by homogeneity.

A fictional mythological story that playfully explores the symbiotic balance between creation and destruction, as two divine children shape and discover the world together.

Eleven-year-old Aslan escapes from the autumn research camp after hearing the legend of Lake Shaitankol, which grants any wishes in exchange for something valuable. Aslan wants his Mom back.

A young swimmer has a secret relationship with her older coach, but the game of power between them sinks them into a place that blurs the line between love and abuse.

Synthetic Fish explores the absurdity of a vending machine that sells salmon and the strange consequences that follow those dare to purchase from it.

A garbageman decides to hang up on life after losing his job and embarks on a journey to find a fuse.

Performance with musical instruments made from waste materials. When I touch the metal, it makes different electronic sounds or sounds recorded in the field. 'Our movements'—such as being alive, creating heartbeats, breathing, and moving—are 'acts of sound creation'. And just as I pick out trash to assemble instruments, I pick out the sounds in my environment, including myself, and live with them.

This installation combines a sensitive plant, an Arduino, a tilt sensor, and a sound generation system to visualize the plant's responses and changes in the external environment, which are then expressed as sound. When the visitor touches the sensitive plant, the reaction of its leaves is converted into sound, and the plant's movement and response to its environment are expressed in sound. The sound symbolizes the plant's 'inner voice' and conveys its response to external stimuli acoustically.

This work is a sound installation generated from the beating of jellyfish. The sound is created through the image analysis of the beating of multiple jellyfish that exist independently, and the work as a whole functions as a single music-generating system. Although the individual jellyfish do not understand the music and are not aware of each other's existence, the activities of the multiple individuals are synthesized and thus perceived as their own music by the audience. Through these perceptions, the organic physicality of life and its potential interactions are presented.

Environmental sounds from running trains or construction sites are collected and visualized in real time. The sounds are 'swapped' into the image plane by means of a fast Fourier transform, and then output as knits from the image plane. Through this work, the artist reaffirms her own resentment towards something that has been replaced by the symptom of auditory hypersensitivity. This installation exists at the intersection of the fashion and textile domains and contemporary media art.

In this game, players will explore charming towns, meet mysterious friends, and collect various items along the way while helping Teddy's keychain on an adventurous journey. Throughout the adventure, players will be able to experience a number of fascinating locations in the towns. The basic operation is simple: click, drag and drop.

When you put down the frying pan, the popcorn pops. When you put the pot down, the donuts are fried. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary cooking process, but if you look closely, you can see the tails and horns. When you lift the frying pan, a sheep appears from the popcorn. A frilled lizard appears from the donuts. Sometimes, the animals move around according to the movements of the experiencer. ":Peek-a-Food!" is an interactive work based on a "slightly mysterious dish" concept.

" Sight / Insight" is an interactive installation work that transforms the human consciousness of seeing light on the street. When you enter a dark room, you will see several small LED light spots moving. As you approach and move away from the light spots, exploring and observing them, you can see 'something' from the collection of lights.

This walking exercise system is designed to prevent frailty in the elderly. The system allows the user to perform walking exercises indoors using a stepper while watching interactive videos, which the elderly can easily create while walking outside. It aims to simultaneously take care of physical health through system use and walking and mental health through social contribution in the form of video production.

This is a logical thinking educational tool for pre-school and early primary school children that combines origami and 3DCG. In this teaching aid, origami animals can be placed in a 3DCG space, where they can move and make sounds using visual programming. The educational effects of origami, such as spatial awareness, reproducibility and creativity, can be expected.

Image generation AIs may generate images with eerie textures. Text-generating AIs may also generate enigmatic sentences that people would not come up with. These problems can be improved with advances in technology and prompting. However, this work aims to deliberately create the discomfort of AI-generated content and apply it to play.