Design Ah Clutch

A lifeform shaped by countless particles keeps walking endlessly, cloaked in fantastical light, in this experimental looped video work. Its fluid forms and organic movement create a mysterious atmosphere, designed to deepen and enhance the world evoked by the ambient music. By intertwining sight and sound, we pursued an immersive visual expression that quietly speaks to the viewer’s sensibilities.

A commercial produced to coincide with the book publication of “Chikomaru,” a four-panel comic about a cute but slightly pitiful hamster that I created. Using existing illustrations and video assets, I worked to make the video clearly convey what kind of work Chikomaru is. It was also the first video work in which someone other than myself handled the compositing; until then, whenever I directed and produced animation, I had taken care of the compositing myself.