Screening
Animation Category Finalist
Neon
Pan Sz-yu (Taiwan)
Col / 6' 07"/ No dialogue and subtitles
Neon is a colorless, tasteless and odorless gas, but when injected into glass tubes and connected to an electric current, it lights up into a reddish-orange neon light. When it was first discovered, scientists found the gas novel and dazzling, so they named it “neon”, which means “new”. We use neon as a concept to convey romantic love.
Artist’s Statement
Pan Sz-yu was born in 1995 in Taoyuen, Taiwan, and grew up in a place in which the roadsides are lined with plum trees. She has been fond of drawing and watching animated films from a young age, and is currently enrolled in the Multi-Media Animation Department of the National Taiwan University of Arts.