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Trap

In my MA project, a short animation and some illustrations are created to visualize trap. We all intend to live in a group where we feel safe and less unstable. We usually give up something unique to be in a specific group. Gradually, we construct a huge trap within which everyone looks similar. However, once a person makes a different choice and tries to escape, he will be at the entrance of a bigger world.

Choice

"Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out." - Jean Paul Sartre

Choice
Changes

We are influenced by other people, distorting ourselves and getting trapped.

Changes
Escape From the Trap

When one stands up and leaves an existing group, he/she is at the entrance of a bigger world.

Escape From the Trap
love trap by Fay Huo

We are influenced by other individuals, distorting ourselves and getting trapped.

love trap by Fay Huo
The Forming of a Trap

We all intend to go towards a group where we can find "orders" and feel safe. So we keep shaping and building something we have until they look similar to the existing social structure. But eventually we are trapped by what we construct and become a part of an alien system.

The Forming of a Trap
Giant Flower Trap

Giant Flower Trap
Falling Traps

Colourful falling traps.

Falling Traps
 
The Different One

In this short animation, Fay Huo intends to visualise an idea- you could be the only one to make a different choice, but you may also be the only one who will not be trapped. Viewers could also find the background illustration quite interesting and inspirational. Organic elements are used to delineate nature as a perfect trap in this long background illustration. Visually, carnivorous plants often have vivid colourful parts that can induce insects. Only focusing on the beautiful obvious parts and ignoring the whole picture make one easily get trapped. This animation is part of Fay's self-initiated project which centres around trap. To her, if one addicts to group life and always refer to existing rules to make decision, he is actually living in a trap. The storyline of this animation is simple- Everyone has a circle on his/her head, which represent existing social values. When wind (unforeseen circumstance) blows, the circles become obstacle for everyone except for a girl who turned around at the beginning. When people try to get rid of the circles that obstruct their view, they are trapping by the metamorphosis of the circle. The girl who decides not to follow others and make...
The Different One

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Choice

"Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out." - Jean Paul Sartre

Trap
Changes

We are influenced by other people, distorting ourselves and getting trapped.

Trap
Escape From the Trap

When one stands up and leaves an existing group, he/she is at the entrance of a bigger world.

Trap
love trap by Fay Huo

We are influenced by other individuals, distorting ourselves and getting trapped.

Trap
The Forming of a Trap

We all intend to go towards a group where we can find "orders" and feel safe. So we keep shaping and building something we have until they look similar to the existing social structure. But eventually we are trapped by what we construct and become a part of an alien system.

Trap
Giant Flower Trap

Trap
Falling Traps

Colourful falling traps.

Trap
 
The Different One

In this short animation, Fay Huo intends to visualise an idea- you could be the only one to make a different choice, but you may also be the only one who will not be trapped. Viewers could also find the background illustration quite interesting and inspirational. Organic elements are used to delineate nature as a perfect trap in this long background illustration. Visually, carnivorous plants often have vivid colourful parts that can induce insects. Only focusing on the beautiful obvious parts and ignoring the whole picture make one easily get trapped. This animation is part of Fay's self-initiated project which centres around trap. To her, if one addicts to group life and always refer to existing rules to make decision, he is actually living in a trap. The storyline of this animation is simple- Everyone has a circle on his/her head, which represent existing social values. When wind (unforeseen circumstance) blows, the circles become obstacle for everyone except for a girl who turned around at the beginning. When people try to get rid of the circles that obstruct their view, they are trapping by the metamorphosis of the circle. The girl who decides not to follow others and make...
Trap
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