【2021 BCBF TAIWAN Featured Artist Animo Chen】LOVE LETTER （feat Sam Liao）

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'LOVE LETTER' （feat. Sam Liao） • Author: Animo Chen • Narration Music: Sam Liao • Proofreading of Taiwanese: Gustave Cheng • Animation: Animo Chen, HB Animation Studio • English Translation: Daphné Hang, Chung-Kuan Chen • Publisher: Locus Publishing • *This version of the animation is supported by the Taiwan Creative Content Agency(#TAICCA) • Animo Chen • Animo has a degree in Visual Communication Design from Da-Yeh University in Taiwan and an MA from the Fine Arts Department, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Czech Republic. His work is as diverse as it is prolific. With experience as a still photographer, TV and film art director, animation director, and a professional illustrator, Animo excels at cerebral imagery and piercing prose, and his work is often featured in periodicals and on book covers. He was also featured in the Illustrators Exhibition at the 2019 Bologna Children's Book Fair. • • Published at the tail end of 2019, 'The Short Elegy' is the first-ever exclusive collection of comics by Animo, representing the essence of over three years of intense creative energy. This collection of 3 short stories is the winner of the 2020 BolognaRagazzi Award for Comics - Young Adult. The jury said: Chen's wordless, sequential images are the visual equivalent of poems. • • At the end of 2020, Animo Chen served up another astounding visual feast--the Taiwanese-language illustrated poem 'Love Letter'. Love Letter' is a beautifully illustrated poem, but it could also be seen as an art book illuminated by text. This beautiful book won another BolognaRagazzi Award of Special Mention for Animo in the 2021 Special Category – Poetry. Each poem is accompanied by an evocative and striking illustration which does not simply reflect the text but encourages the reader to think and wonder, the jury said. The quality of the artwork almost takes your breath away. • ‘Love Letter’ • Taiwanese is a different language from Mandarin. For many in Taiwan, Taiwanese is their first language, their mother language, yet there are fewer and fewer new generations using it due to long-term political issues in Taiwan. In 'Love Letter', Animo composes a beautiful declaration of love for this language as well as trees and printed books (getting also old-fashioned), a confession from his soul. But in the end, the reader will also realize that this is a love letter addressed to the reader out there themselves. • And of course, the poem is what completes this gentle love letter to the transformation of trees into books. The relationship between trees and readers is the one relationship in the world that balances respect with possessiveness, says Animo. • As part of its concept, the title of Love Letter on its cover is spelled out using real sticks collected by Animo. The text is not set with any computer font, but physically typeset with a metal font purchased from a foundry in Taipei. I wanted every character to come from a different print run. It's difficult to control the amount of ink and apply the perfect amount of pressure. But it's okay--we're not machines. • Confessions do not come naturally. If someone confesses their love to you, please treat them well whether you return their feelings or not. It was a long and difficult road that led them to you. ─ Animo • In order to show readers the beauty of reciting Taiwanese, Animo collaborated with Sam Liao, an award-winning Taiwanese singer-songwriter, to create this animation using the book's illustrations. • Right Contact: [email protected] • Facebook: / animo.chen • • 2021 #BCBF TAIWAN PAVILION ─ TO LIVE IS TO CREATE: https://reurl.cc/EnZL5v • More Children’s Books at BooksFromTaiwan: https://reurl.cc/yEe49E

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