So Far, So Close (Yugen pt. 2)

So Far, So Close Part two of my Yugen(幽玄) series

“a profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe… and the sad beauty of human suffering”

A playful look into what might make up the world around us, or a distant galaxy just as it's being born. Imagination wanders and finds itself lost in the infinite unknown.

Part one https://vimeo.com/80229478

**2014 Ramstock Film Festival, Richmond Virginia**

**2014 Resonate Festival Belgrade Serbia** (Best of Punta y Raya)

**2014 Animuza Festival Poznan, Poland** (Best of Punta y Raya)

**2014 Punto y Raya Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland** (Best of Punta y Raya)

**2014 Streetlight: Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago IL**

So Far, So Close, was an attempt to create a visual piece that felt both astronomical and microscopic. I created the imagery using ink and plexiglass layered on top of each other. The depth it created was surprising! Once I was done filming I was going over the footage and found that as beautiful and captivating as these environments were, needed a subject. That's where the animations came into play. The childlike drawings are very humorous against the cosmic backgrounds.I wanted my drawings to interact with the space and give a reason for the movement on screen. I also see them as little characters floating through these spaces. While you are watching, imagine yourself to be an observer, not necessarily looking for a beginning and an end, but simply looking through a telescope (or a microscope!) on a distant world yet to be discovered. Enjoy!