A young man named Akai, living in poverty, joins a biological chip experiment, only to be transformed into an “experience commodity” consumed by the upper class after his death.
- Student
- Xu Guoding
- Field
- Animation
- Format
- 3D Animation
- Running time
- 11:04
- Engine & Tools
- Blender, Style 3D, Cascadeur, Plasticity, Substance Painter, Nuke, etc.
- Genre
- Cyberpunk / Dystopia / SF
- Exhibition
- 2026 Graduation Exhibition 「VOYAGE」
Synopsis
In a future society with highly advanced technology, the gap between the rich and the poor has become extreme. Unable to afford an artificial eye, Akai, a young man from the lower class, participates in a high-risk biological chip experiment. The chip allows him to briefly experience wealth and freedom, but gradually damages his body and eventually causes his death. After his death, his sensory experiences are extracted, preserved, and sold as commodities consumed by the upper class.
Artist's intent
Set in a cyberpunk world, the film combines “Alienation Theory and the Experience Economy” to explore technological development, class inequality, and human alienation. Through the concept of “the lower class sells experiences while the upper class consumes them,” the film portrays how people are gradually transformed into data commodities within a capitalist system.
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