SHUI Yuan
A multimedia artist working in animation, visual design, and live performance. Born in Leshan, Sichuan in 1999, she graduated from the China Academy of Art's Animation Department in 2021 with her work BROKEN POTATO. In 2023, she directed the music animation MV for LI Yuchun's song THE OSTRICH HAS RUN AWAY, which received widespread acclaim across various platforms, garnering tens of millions of views on the day of its release. Her works have been shortlisted for several film festivals, including the Montreal International Animation Festival in Canada, the StopTrik International Film Festival in Slovenia, the IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival in Bulgaria, the Norwegian Short Film Festival, the Feinaqi Beijing Animation Week, and the FIRST International Film Festival, etc.
Director's statement
There is a small hole in the potato, and if you are willing to cut and observe it, each slice of the hole is shaped differently.
When you don’t know what the hole is, you will then know what the hole is.
This is a film that can be read. Each frame will provide an overload of information by which to catch up with the speed of the modern information world.
Taking the hole as an excuse, but nothing to do with the hole.
All the characters are played by the director, each one a different slice of the director, and she also exists as one of the slices of society.
Director Water’s testimony, which has been made public for the first time:
We don’t know what it is, but it doesn’t affect everyone.
Because it doesn’t matter what it is. What’s more important is to see how we can make use of it.
if I were a viewer, I’d be watching.
If I were a consumer, I would buy products related to the hole.
If I were a businessman, I would also take shortcuts.
If I’m a journalist, I’ll also make a fuss.
If I were a director, I would make a film out of it.
