“Curiosity Blocks” is an animated work that uses the technique of anamorphosis, in which a distorted image is drawn in advance so that it appears correctly when reflected in a cylindrical mirror. The artist envisioned curiosity connecting and overlapping, generating new knowledge and discoveries, and used a method of combining multiple animation elements. The artist, who is also a printmaker, superimposed the relationship between plate and print onto the relationship between the image on the display and the image in the mirror, and incorporated into the animation the layered structure of multi-color prints, in which each color has its own distinct layer and overlaps to form a layered composition. The title “Blocks” carries meanings such as “a mass,” “divisions separated by a grid,” “a series of instructions in a program,” and “a woodblock printing plate.”

The Wisely Brothers – River (Official Music Video)

Based primarily on hand-drawn 2D animation, the work also uses a variety of media, including 3DCG created with Blender, three-dimensional models, 8mm film, and thermal paper, aiming for a radical visual expression that matches the song’s energetic atmosphere. In terms of content, it looks back on the journey of VTuber Tenkai Tsukasa to date, while incorporating motifs such as mahjong and themes like the death and rebirth of VTubers.