The Vesper Mutters
Yoi ga Tsubuyaku ／ 宵がつぶやく
Description
At dusk, a streetlamp in a park is switched on. Moths swarm toward the light, then suddenly freeze. Under the lamp a silhouette of playground equipment appears, and additional pieces begin to gather around it. A child wanders among the equipment. As more streetlights are illuminated, the playground equipment ceases its activity, and eventually the streetlamp is turned off. This film, completed in 2010 as a first‑year project, was directed by Hiroki Kono at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation, Tokyo University of the Arts.