Ars Electronica Festival · 2005

Monotreme

by Koji Yamada

🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2005

“Monotreme” by Koji Yamada received a Honorary Mention in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2005.

Using strange humor, the animation Monotreme depicts the evolution of a mysterious life form that has both the features of a machine and a living being. The title Monotreme refers to the name of a primitive mammel belonging to the cloaca, which have a single opening for the intestinal, urinary and genital tracts, and…

— Prix Ars Electronica Archive

About Koji Yamada

Koji Yamada (JP) graduated from the art university in Japan in 1999. After his graduation he worked as an image editor at a video games company. He formed the group Pixel Animation with Daisuke Watanabe and Masanori Esaki in 2002.

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