Theme: “From Emptiness to Shedding”. The aim was to depict, through collage, a nocturnal inner landscape that begins to reveal a strange beauty within its seemingly plain appearance. I set up the following plot, and this work is meant to visualize only the middle section of it. “After a recent heartbreak, the room and my state of mind feel empty, like an empty box. After that, I wander from place to place in a daze. Everything I see looks hollow. Even when something is moving, it is blurry and hard to make out. I can’t even keep up with it visually. The world appears as an empty box, a meaningless, flavorless void, yet it is accompanied by a suffocating feeling, as if being underwater. But little by little, all of this begins to shimmer. My heart is filled with euphoria, and the inner landscape is completely transformed.”

Music video for “Boyhood,” a track from mekakushe’s 2nd album “Akogare”

In 2021, when the Delta variant of COVID-19 began to emerge, this work was created with the concept of warning against the growing sense of complacency in society. The entire production process, from filming onward, was carried out remotely from home. With support for medical professionals in mind, the design uses blue in a way that makes it stand out and catch the eye. The characters and floating clouds, as well as other objects, were created in 3DCG, while everything else was filmed on the dining table at home.