Di Liang
Statement
Di Liang is an illustrator and animator from MFA Illustration Practice. She enjoys designing whimsical characters and bringing them to life. Her inspiration comes from everyday objects and she is particularly interested in exploring the connections between people and objects. Currently, she is focused on pursuing her passion for animation and is experimenting with motion and storytelling.
Cut & Connect
Cut & Connect is a visual thesis on scissors as a metaphor for personal feelings of disconnection and doubt. Scissors have always intrigued me as imagery representing the meaning of cutting a connection. However, cutting is also about crafting new connections in art. Sometimes we want to get rid of bad connections because we have to. When cutting a string into two pieces, these two pieces can then be tied to a new string, thus creating a new connection. Scissors then become a tool for reimagination.
The animation has five scenes, and the topic of each scene is Life Clock, Becoming Blind, Resilience, Born a Swallow, and Cutting the Unknown. The wall installation which consists of keyframes from the animation is my reaction to the finished animations; an exploration of what cut and connect means.
Illustration Practice (MFA) Students
Yuanyuan Zhou - not exhibiting