Year: 2025 Length: 00:07:03 Categories: Installation, media spatial design
Project type: Diplom
“Off the Path” is a 3D animation and spatial installation inspired by the classical medical text Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang. The work follows three animal-like figures—a fish, a pig, and a chicken—who use an ancient recipe to enter a direct dialogue with life itself. In their pursuit of healing, they gradually drift off course and move further away from the outcome they hoped for. By combining digital animation with a large textile floor piece, the project creates an immersive environment that explores the body, transformation, and symbolic forms of medicine.
Collaboration:
Konzept, Storyboard, Modelling und Animation: Shihao Du & Tongtong Li Sounddesign / Musik: Menghao Xie
Supervision:
Prof. Zilvinas Lilas, Prof. Ute Hörner, Dr. Tania de León Yong
Authors:
Shihao
Li
A production of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.