Themeing on the contemporary sense of being “enhanced,” this video work interweaves glamour and Latin passion. By layering fabric textures and paint-like animation in multiple dimensions, and using tracking to seamlessly blend live action with 3DCG, it creates a sense of buoyancy in which the real and virtual seem to breathe within the same space. Inspired by the lyrical world, where even heartbreak is “embellished” and turned into a joke, the concept of “enhancing” is reimagined as a positive energy that illuminates the idol’s very presence, beyond the framework of lookism. This dance music video combines sensuality and strength, presenting self-confidence that radiates from within and provocative expressions carried by the rhythm of the dance.

“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.”

To deliver an impression different from the lyric video that had already been released, we created this piece with deformed characters enjoying summer leisure activities and other scenes, aiming to show another side of this song. In addition, the background illustrations and pixel animations were each produced by people who are especially skilled in those areas.