I’m a Taiwanese visual artist based in Taichung, Taiwan. After 2-year study at Royal College of Art in London, I’ve been a freelance animator, director and Illustrator. My works explore poetry, rhythm and place in 2D animation. I got the chance to work on different projects such as videos for books and poems, music videos. < A Girl Who’s Afraid of Touching People> is my latest personal film and I recently made a fun and colourful music video <馬馬虎虎Mama Huhu> for Lucky Old Sun. And now I’m working on my new animated shorts, Lethe, about memories and loss.

Tell us about your greatest inspirations or influences?

I love poetry and short stories and I find out that there is a strong relationship between the two and animation. They all convey abundant and fluid feelings in a rather short form. I explore a lot in poetic narration. And each of my films is often influenced by a literary piece. <When the Silence Comes> is inspired by Wislawa Szymborska’s <Elegiac Calculation> and <Ye You> is influenced by Teru Miyamoto’s <River of Fireflies>.

Tell us a bit about your creative process?

I always start with storyboarding and sound editing. Building up a soundscape first allows me to be freer on developing the visual and gives me more ideas and information on the piece I want to create. It’s like a world is created but yet in the shadow and my only job left is to reveal.

How has the pandemic affected your creativity and how do you see the world-changing?

It was not my plan to jump directly into freelancing after graduation but the Covid changed everything. It is harder to travel abroad and stay in a foreign country and on the other hand, you could work remotely. The situation kind of pushed me to find commissions and funding. And for creativity, I have more time to do more research on the topics which I am interested in. I could slow down, think deeper and organize my messy thoughts. But since the pandemic has lasted for almost two years, I feel a lack of new stimulation and real experiences. It is time to go out again and find some new ideas.

Who do you consider to be an icon of our time?

I don’t have a specific person in mind but I would say “women”! We should support each other and cherish our talents more.

What does wellbeing mean to you, and what do you practice?

Stay with the people I like and be able to travel anywhere I want. During the pandemic, it is hard to meet people in person so I will remind myself not to forget to keep in contact with friends and family.

Anything else you would like to share?

Besides animation, I also love to draw comics and make small books. It doesn’t take too long to make so I can experiment or tell small interesting stories happening in my life. You can see my love for nature and fantasy in these small books.

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