Vessel
Jennie Chen
STUDENT ARTWORK
Category
Animation
Artwork medium
Toon Boom Harmony, Procreate, After Effects, Audition, CapCut
ARTIST STATEMENT
This animation aims to explore and express how an individual uses the body as a container to preserve, swallow and reconstruct the emotional traces established with others based on memories, and to accept the seed of sadness growing in the heart. Therefore, it is not a traditional animated narrative, and it has even become my emotional container, a way to keep moments and people who shaped me. Through the transformation animations of symbolic objects, layers of sound and restless shaking scenes, it tells of my contradictory emotions when facing loss and death.
ARTIST INTRODUCTION
I am an illustrator and animator who loves capturing emotions and fleeting moments. My creative style is fluid, often evolving with inspiration rather than sticking to a fixed form. For me, creating is a journey of self-dialogue, and the canvas is my playground. Every piece, perfect or not, reflects a part of my inner world and growth.
CONTACT
Instagram: @Jennnnnniegui
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.
