Negative Space | Oscar Nominated Stop-Motion Animation | Short of the Week

What it means to lose a loved one told through the art of a well-packed suitcase. ▶️ WATCH SHORT FILMS: Negative Space A Film by Tiny Inventions (Ru Kuwahata & Max Porter) Right at the outset, let me lay my cards on the table—this is a nearly perfect short. I qualify that statement with the “nearly”, only because I do not believe that art is a competition towards a platonic ideal. Though our site has taken on the challenge of serving as an arbitrator in questions of artistic and entertainment value, I still tend towards relativism in these matters. Taste is personal, and besides, perfection is often incompatible with innovation and risk-taking. Some of my favorite short films are decidedly imperfect and all the more enjoyable to me because of it. But back to the point—Negative Space is practically perfect. Like so many shorts I admire, the film incorporates multitudes of seemingly contradictory qualit