5-in-5 Followup

sean
sean
Sep 6, 2018 · 1 min read

I really liked yutong xxx’s day 4 project, Yutong & the Makeup. I liked that it used a diverse set of media (drawing, animation, computer voice, non-cropped and skewed pngs) and that the final product was funny as well as personal and sort of haunting. The collapse of the system as the video progresses (images stop showing up, the voiceover tells us e.g. “me dot png could not be found”) was an interesting way of expressing the slight loss of self she experienced using makeup as an attempt to fit in and hide her raw appearance.

Still from the finished video

The risk that she took which I really appreciated was in the personal aspect of the piece: she was able to construct something that was deeply personal to her while keeping the piece relatable. In my own approach I tend to stay away from the personal and stick to general concepts or themes, which I think can make the work somewhat bland in the end.

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