Description
The short animation “Being is Negative” attempts to express the world view of Buddhism. Buddhism is not spiritualism as commonly understood by people. In fact, Buddhism emphasizes illusion. All things that can be perceived and thought in the world are illusions, and only the self nature is the real noumenon.
About the director:
Sun Xun
Artist, animator. Born in 1980 in Fuxin, Liaoning Province, China. He graduated from the Printmaking Department of the China Academy of Art in 2005. In 2006, he founded the animation studio π. Currently, he is based in Beijing. Sun Xun works across many mediums, such as acrylic, ink, pastel, traditional animation, and different printmaking techniques, including woodcut. He is considered one of the most interesting and prolific young artists in China, with his works featured at the Berlinale and Venice. In 2023, his film Shanghai in the Spring won an award in the In Silico competition at the Message to Man IFF.