The Island of Shells

The Island of Shells is a 6-DoF shadow-puppetry animation documentary inspired by the testimony of Fred CHIN, one of the thousands of political prisoners persecuted during Taiwan’s White Terror era in the 70s. The story centers around the bond between CHIN and his mother, and tells an adventurous tale of a boy’s journey of leaving and returning home. The audience will enter a puppetry theater where they play both the role of a puppeteer and a witness. We intend the interactivity to recreate how manipulation works during the totalitarian era.