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Tears of the Sky

At the eternal moment before a meteor strike, civilizations confront their possible end, questioning whether it’s real or an illusion of destruction.

  • Xi Wang
    Director
  • Yufan Xie
    Director
  • Xiaotong Wen
    VFX Artist
  • Zao Song
    Graphic Designer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media, Other
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 5, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digtial
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Xi Wang, Yufan Xie

Xi "Jake" Wang is a Los Angeles-based Digital media artist. He recently served as a visual designer at Refik Anadol Studio and is an active member of Visual Effects Society (VES) and Association for Computing Machinery(ACM). Born in China in 1983.He obtained his Bachelor's degree from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2007 and completed his Master's degree in animation and digital art from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2020. His primary focus is on immersive design and generative AI art. Wang's media artworks skillfully construct concrete and surreal world scenes through non-human protagonists, blending time and space. These works reflect his sensitive contemplation on culture and the exploration of the era.Wang has contributed to numerous high-profile art projects. He exhibited his latest work, the immersive animation short film Illusory Land, at Siggraph Asia 2022. He also directed the real-time animation short Metamorphosis, which won the Director's Choice Award at the Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival. Additionally, it was an official selection at the Telluride Film Festival Student Prints and the Unreal Engine Student Showcase Spring 2021.Wang's exceptional animation works have been featured in prestigious exhibitions at venues such as the Getty Museum and various other art galleries. He has also been involved in significant studio projects, including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Dune Part 2, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the TV series The Last of Us, and numerous music videos, album designs, and animated documentaries.

Yufan Xie is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work bridges computational design, electronic music and media art. Involving technologies of 3D printing, generative algorithms, spatial audio, mixed reality and generative AI, Yufan's art delves in human cognition and behaviors in multi-sensory art experience, to reflect the current sensory presence and challenges faced by individuals, revealing the dynamics of cultural subtleties and sensory hierarchies behind technologies and sensory experiences. Since 2019, Yufan has been working on the concept of “spatial music”, in forms of audience-directed performance and spatial musical systems introducing new framework on media art and electronic music.
Notable projects and studies have been showcased at Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale(UABB), Beijing Media Art Biennale(BMAB), Shenzhen MoCAUP, Shanghai Urban Space Art Season(SUSAS), Shanghai Digital Futures, Currents New Media Festival, ACM CHI and SIGGRAPH. Awards winning projects GAP+, Acoustic Garden and Maelstrom are featured at Young-Talent Architect Awards, A+D Design Awards, Epic MegaGrants and SXSW Innovation Awards.

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