Yin
2017 · 11m · Belgium
Directed by Nicolas Fong
Tones: melancholic, mythic, surreal
A jealous deity divides an androgynous being into two, separated by impossible Escherian geometries who ceaselessly seek reunion.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
Jealous god splits an androgynous being across Escherian impossible geometries — the visual conceit is actually doing the work, not just decorating. Yes.
Fong rendering Plato's divided-androgyne myth in M.C. Escher's spatial logic — staircases looping, horizons inverting — is the precise formal-conceptual marriage that distinguishes serious art-animation, and 133K Vimeo views confirms the imagery's pull. A genuinely considered work.
10:30 Belgian animation deploying Escherian spatial logic (looping staircases, inverted horizons) as the entire visual grammar — that's commiting craft architecture to the metaphysical premise. 133K views over 7 years confirms it sustains.
Festivals
- GIRAF Festival 2017, Audience Award
- Japan Media Arts Festival 2017, New Face Award