Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDirector Erick Oh spent six years working as an animator at Pixar, working on titles such as “Finding Dory and “Inside Out” before joining Tonko House.His nine-minute long animated shortlist contender “Opera” is inspired by the great Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo and Botticelli.
Oh was also inspired by society and humanity; Trump was president and in Korea, President Park Geun-hye had just been impeached.The animation, which can be played on a continuous loop, looks at a society that exists within a pyramid-esque structure and how each interaction and action of individuals impact the society within which they live.Oh looks at racism, terrorism and religion as well as war and education within this.
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