ʻO ka leo ʻoi loa, ma mua o ke komo ʻana i ka hale keaka ʻo Cork's Granary Theatre i ka waena o Kekemapa e hele i ka hoʻomaka mua o Nā Kūkākūkā ma kahi Algorithm Crosstown (2022). ʻO ka hana hou, na Doireann O'Malley, i hui pū ʻia a hōʻike ʻia e ka National Sculpture Factory i hui pū me Cork Midsummer Festival.
ʻO ke kamaʻilio ʻana i nā poʻe ma mua i komo i ka hōʻike ʻana o ka hana i hoʻohui ʻia i kahi manaʻo pohihihi a puni ia. "ʻO nā mea a pau āu e manaʻo nei, ʻaʻole ia," wahi a lākou. ʻAʻole lākou i hoʻāʻo e ʻalo. Nā kūkā ʻo ia kekahi o kēlā mau ʻike makamae kahi e hoʻāʻo ai e wehewehe iā ia e koi koke i kahi wehewehe kūpono, a kūʻē paha, kūʻē i ka wehewehe. ʻO ke ʻano maoli o ka hana e hāʻule i waena o nā encapsulations thumbnail i hāʻawi ʻia. He kūpono kēia no Nā kūkā ʻoiai ke hōʻike nei i kahi nīnau hoʻohihi o ka ʻike kanaka, ʻoiai e nīnau like ana i ka pono o ka ʻike maoli a me ke kuleana o ka ʻenehana i kahi manawa o ka pilikia systemic maʻamau.
Hōʻike ʻo O'Malley Nā Kūkākūkā ma kahi Algorithm Crosstown ma ke ʻano he pāʻani keaka 3D. ʻOiai ʻo ia ke ʻano hana ʻekolu o ka pāʻani a he mea nui kona hōʻike ʻana ma kahi pōʻaiapili keaka, ʻo ia hoʻi he hoʻolālā 3D hola lōʻihi. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa ka lepili, 'pāʻani keaka'. He lawelawe ia e hoʻomaka i ke kumumanaʻo o nā ʻōnaehana a me nā ʻike i ka hāʻule manuahi, ʻoiai ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka 'pāʻani', ma ke kāhea ʻana i ka nīnau i ke ʻano o ka 'animated film' a i ʻole e komo mālie i loko.
Ke komo ʻana i ka hale keaka, ka 'theatricality' o Nā kūkā ʻike koke ʻia. ʻO kahi mākaʻikaʻi LED kūʻokoʻa nui, ʻoi aku ka manaʻo o ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma mua o ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni a ma luna o ka 'pāʻani' e hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ka 'pāʻani', ʻoi aʻe ma luna o ka wahi mālamalama. Ma kona kumu, ua hoʻopuehu ʻia ka honua me kahi uhi lepo a me nā ʻōpala aʻo kahi kukui ʻālohilohi e pā ana i ke kua o ka pale e hoʻomālamalama hou i ka lumi keaka. ʻO ka manaʻo o ka hōʻike ʻana i kahi animation e huki mau i ka nānā ʻana i kona ʻano kūlohelohe a me ka palupalu o kona kiʻi e like me 'keaka' – he mea haʻaheo maʻamau i ke kino ola – hāʻawi i kahi kiʻi kūpono no nā huakaʻi ʻike lehulehu e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka hoʻonohonoho ka mea e 'hana' ai ka animation ma mua o ka 'hōʻike ʻia' ma o ke aʻa ʻana iā ia ma kahi ʻano maoli maoli.
Ke pio nā kukui, ʻike ka poʻe i loko o ka pōʻeleʻele piha, me nā leo o nā mea ʻelua o ka pāʻani. ʻO Samantha (Mathea Hoffmann) lāua ʻo Olda Wiser (Juan Carlos Cuadrado) kaʻana like i kēia ʻōpū o ka pōʻeleʻele me ka poʻe nānā a hoʻomaka e kamaʻilio mai kahi wahi o kahi pilikino i ka wā e puka mālie ana kā lākou mau kiʻi mai ka pōʻeleʻele. Akā naʻe, ʻo ka pōmaikaʻi o ka ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻaʻole pono e hōʻike i kahi kiʻi nona iho, e hiki ai i kahi pilina aloha ke pua koke ma waena o kēia mau kiʻi ʻelua mai nā hanauna like ʻole. Manaʻo ʻo Samantha, ma ka wehewehe ʻana iā lākou iho e kā lākou hana, ua paʻa lākou me ka ʻole o ka manaʻo maoli. Hōʻike ʻo Olda i ke ʻano o nā traumas i alakaʻi ai i kahi makemake e hoʻololi mau i nā ana, e hoʻomau i ka pakele.
Ke ʻā nā kukui, hoʻololi nā mea; Ke neʻe nei ka hiʻohiʻona i kahi wahi ʻē a me ka chaotically morphing - kahi lumi hoʻokipa, ʻāpana casino a me kahi hale mālama ʻikepili. Ua hoʻololi pū ʻia nā ʻano, e hakakā ana me nā poʻe i hoʻohālikelike ʻia e ke kaomi nui o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā kaiāulu i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka ʻenehana. Hoʻokele ʻia ka ʻike e like me ka pāʻani wikiō moeʻuhane, i wehewehe ʻia e nā lula i hana ʻia i waho kahi hiki ʻole ke pakele. Hōʻike ikaika ka hopena o ka pāʻani ua lōʻihi loa ka holo ʻana i ka honua 'ʻoiaʻiʻo' ma waho o ke kikowaena o ka duo no ka mea ua ʻā ke ao nei.
Ua hū ʻia ka manaʻo ʻino o ka hihiʻo o O'Malley e ka ʻike o ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me ka trippiness puʻupuʻu o ke kiʻi. Hiki kēia i kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ma kahi hiʻohiʻona e ʻimi ana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o Samantha ma luna o ka tennis i hoʻopau ʻia me nā haneli he nui o nā pōpō tennis e kahe ana i lalo e like me ka hau hau. Akā ʻo ka pōʻeleʻele koʻikoʻi o ka ʻāpana i hoʻohui ʻia e kahi ʻano o ka mea i wehewehe ʻia he 'documentary' interjections kahi i wehewehe ʻia ai kahi leo leo AI i ka mana hoʻomalu o nā haʻiki ma ka noʻonoʻo holoholona, ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka lāhui i ka ʻenehana nānā, a me ka hoʻolālā ʻia ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā ʻiniko cyborg e hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ke ʻano ma ke ʻano he kiu. ʻO nā ʻōnaehana o ka mana, ka hoʻokae ʻana, a me ka nānā ʻana i hoʻokomo ʻia a hoʻolaha ʻia e nā huaʻōlelo, ʻaʻole mamao loa ia mai ke ʻano kumu maoli.
ʻO ke ʻano ʻōlelo ʻole o ka animation 3D ua kūpono loa e hoʻohālikelike i ke ao paʻa ʻole o Nā Kūkākūkā ma kahi Algorithm Crosstown. Hāʻawi maikaʻi ia i ka hiki ʻole o ka morphing i ka wikiwiki o ka noʻonoʻo e komo i kēia wahi, ʻoiai e hōʻike ana i ka palupalu o nā mea ma o nā glitches e hoʻoulu ai i nā kihi o nā kiʻi i loko a i waho o ka hihiʻo, e hui pū ai nā lima a me nā wāwae. ka papahele, no ka laʻana. Nā Kūkākūkā ma kahi Algorithm Crosstown ke kūkulu nei i kahi hiʻohiʻona akamai akā weliweli loa o ka honua i paʻa ʻia e nā ʻōnaehana hemahema i hiki i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana iā ia iho a i ʻole ka pakele e alakaʻi i nā hopena make.
He kanaka hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Maximilian Le Cain e noho ana ma Cork City. Aia ʻo ia i kēia manawa ʻo Film Artist-in-Residence ma University College Cork.
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