For a child on the autism spectrum, even an ordinary day is a living world of fantasy. But as the family slowly restores each place the child has passed through to reality, that fantastical world quietly begins to disappear.
- Student
- Kim Heewon
- Field
- Animation
- Format
- Experimental animation
- Running time
- 04:12
- Engine & Tools
- Clip Studio, blender 5.1
- Genre
- Experimental animation
- Aspect ratio
- 1080×1080 FHD
- Exhibition
- 2026 Graduation Exhibition 「VOYAGE」
Synopsis
The film begins in a fantastical world where a child plays freely with animated toys and giant objects. As the cubes rotate, the fantasy transforms into reality, revealing the same spaces filled with ordinary toys. As the parents clean up each space, the child’s imaginary world gradually disappears and becomes smaller, leaving the child confused and in tears. The camera follows the child upward, revealing the title of the work. The scene then shifts to hands operating Blender and saving a file, revealing that the entire world was created from “my” perspective.
Artist's intent
The world of an autistic person is not a “wrong” world, but a “different” one. Through two individuals who share the same physical space yet experience entirely different realities, this work seeks to evoke understanding and empathy through visual language. As an older sister of a younger brother with severe autism, I wanted to visually express a world that is familiar to my family, yet unfamiliar to most people—the world of the autism spectrum.
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