"What do you want to express that you feel you can't in everyday life? That's the question composer and producer Max Cooper posed to his audience in hopes of unearthing some of the hidden parts of our shared emotional landscape. In return, he received more responses than expected, many of which tapped into passionate displays of pleasure and pain. "It was like finding a secret window into our collective psyches," he writes."
"Paired with the meditative instrumentals, Hiraoka's monochromatic visuals appear to emerge from a single line, leading viewers on a swirling journey of growth and loss. While the film references what Cooper's community had shared, it also incorporates Hiraoka's own family videos through rotoscoping, a technique that involves tracing over live-action footage frame by frame."
"The result is a tender portrait of universal human emotion, one that races through the birth and development of a child. Energetic and dynamic, the animation gives the feeling of being a bit too quick to allow viewers to savor any singular moment, instead resigning us to a chaotic swirl of time passing."
Max Cooper invited audiences to name what they feel unable to express in everyday life and received numerous candid responses marked by pleasure and pain. Those submissions led to a collaborative project with musician Félix Gerbelot and animator Masanobu Hiraoka spanning an album and a digital installation. The title track grew from Gerbelot's viola and underpins meditative instrumentals. Hiraoka's monochromatic animation, often built from a single line and rotoscoped family footage, traces growth, loss, and vivid personal memories. The combined work produces a tender, energetic portrait of collective emotion that rushes through childhood development and the relentless passage of time.
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