4 minutes 24 seconds
Hong Kong
2025

Squint your eyes to get a better picture is a hand-drawn charcoal animation that observes the shifting of attention and interruptions in perception during everyday movement. Whether on the way home or en route to meet a friend, our focus constantly shifts—from the phone screen to passing pedestrians, from casual conversation to streetlights and approaching traffic.
These irregular pauses and transitions reflect a rhythm of contemporary life that appears natural, yet is filled with fragmentation. Actions are interrupted and then resume; tactile sensations are triggered through the skin’s contact with the physical world.

Director: Jonathan Kan