FLIGHT HOME
(2006) - 10:20 min, Mixed Media Animation
“Flight Home” takes you nowhere yet somewhere in the universe surrounded by the distant stars and a computer screen nearby. is series of works about going home, the original home.
The artist came up with the animation during his flight going back home for the first time in three years. Later, he inteviewed Peilei Cao, Shanghai-born, raised student, who encountered rapid land cover changes in her native city, and used her voice and song in the piece.
Tadashi illustrates the experience of moving thousands of miles an hour while sitting still on an airplane seat, but also the experience of net-surfing while computer users experience a billion bits per hour while going nowhere.
Keywords: Original Home, Remoteness, Planetalghia, Distant Galaxy...
