Light Movies

A Sunday walk in a forest turns into a poetic journey on perception.

With a static camera Tan films the dense night-time traffic in West Los Angeles from her temporary studio location at the Getty Center. Undercutting...

A couple experiences unusual events on a night out.

The second year of a project to draw graffiti of light that looks like lightning. We left Japan and extended the circle of the project to Los Angeles...

A university research scientist, about to lose funding and status, has a lab accident and discovers he can see people's true intentions -- making his...

Hans the farmer is drawn into war as a soldier. Returning from the front, having been defrauded of his pay by his own king, he makes his way home. On...

An elder lighthouse keeper takes care of what has been his home for years. Old and secluded from society, he's disturbed by mysterious bottled...

Two young adults venture into a storm sewer in search of something interesting. They succeed.

A young waitress in a desolate café surrounded by an overpowering snowstorm challenges an evil presence when she's forced to save the life of...

With a static camera Tan films the dense night-time traffic in West Los Angeles from her temporary studio location at the Getty Center. Undercutting...

In this film, Takamori Saigo, known as the last true samurai, comes back to life and wanders around in towns in Kagoshima. A light animation by...

A film about the plains as an abyss and the night as a hiding place where darkness seems to keep a blazing secret and carry the imminence of an event...

editing experiments with a light source. my first experience with editing. originally made in march 2023

On a little planet surrounded by clouds, two robots dream about seeing the sky

Two hands over a light.

With a static camera Tan films the dense night-time traffic in West Los Angeles from her temporary studio location at the Getty Center. Undercutting...

Isolated in her room, a girl marks the passage of time, waiting for a special day.