Leviathan

Upon the night sky, an astronaut finds himself stranded in an alien landscape alone, as he proceeds further, he finds the planet is not as lifeless as it seems.

Haonan Zhao
Haonan Zhao is a graduating student at Pratt Institute, completing a Master of Fine Arts in Digital Animation. His works consist of 2D animations, ink and watercolor-based illustrations, graphic design, and filmmaking, exploring themes of mass human experience, and its unconscious manifestation of individual body and psyche. In the thesis project, Haonan has embarked on a journey of deeply confronting the image of authoritarianism and collective trauma, using digital arts as a tool for expression. Through a series of digita matte painting and 2D animation, he aims to provides a view of the path of confronting shadow.