The Shape of Absence
Amy Wu
STUDENT ARTWORK
Category
Animation
Artwork medium
Illustrated on Procreate (iPad), animated in After Effects
ARTIST STATEMENT
My major project, The Shape of Absence comprises five looping animated illustrations, exploring the contrasting societies of a dystopian cyber future. It examines the potential loss of humanity, the absence of identity, whilst retaining only the faint outline – the “shape” – of what life once was. The five completed illustrations [each] represent a different perspective in a cyber society: Preservation of Life, Abandoned Androids, Overuse of Technology, Changes in Art and Humanity, and Expansion to Space. These illustrations uncover the challenges humanity might face if technology were to dominate every aspect of existence.
ARTIST INTRODUCTION
Hello. I am Amy, a digital illustrator and animator. I love creating characters and bringing their stories to life through digital art, whether they live in fantasy or are in a sci-fi cyberpunk world. Storytelling through images is my passion, and I love connecting with the world with my art. When I’m not drawing, you’ll find me at music festivals or gaming with my mates! Experiencing such things brings inspiration and drive to my creative works.
Acknowledgement of Country
UNSW School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
