Erick Oh: How to eat your Apple

“How to eat your Apple” is an extension of Erick’s recent illustration series in the form of an animated poem. It is without a protagonist, a defined narrative, set point of camera view or any other aspect of mainstream film language; 「How to eat your Apple」 surrealistically portrays human nature and its essence in the circle of life, its change and death as shown by re-compositing various symbols and objects. This piece flows more like a moving illustration than an animated film, and connects to Erick’s other static illustration pieces and written stories which finally culminates to one big quintessential question on life.

I’ve been using these symbols and metaphors for years which are sometimes abstract while sometimes very representative like fish, butterfly, clock, key and so on. First of all, the reason why I use a lot of symbolism is to open the viewer’s point of view. Erick Oh

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