Yurie Tsutsumi

Kaibun are palidromes in which words sound the same when read backwards and forwards. Sometimes the meaning changes, and sometimes not. I brought this playful and poetic world to life.

That moment of refreshing sensation when drinking a soda in the hot summer.

Uma menina é mantida em movimento por uma bruxa e continua a descascar batatas. Ela está farta e tenta escapar em vão. Ela fica desesperada e decide bater na bruxa. . . o que ela vai encontrar? Qual é a intenção dela? Podemos desfazer o que foi feito?

I try to set this work – a film using texts, or a film-book – between watching and reading. This film is dedicated to J.L. Borges, a great artist, who had translated The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde at his early childhood, became one of the greatest writers of the 20th century and continued to publish the works by dictation even after losing his eyesight.

It's a story about a frog, who is eager to make his companions stand as a line. He is the only one who wears an armlet, and has a little different skin color from the other frogs. This work focus on the relationship between "rulers" and "ruled ones", and describes the consequences of some unexpected events.