Kokology is the study of Kokoro, which means ‘mind’ or ‘spirit’. It’s a Japanese game of self-discovery, where one is presented with a series of psychol ogical and hypothetical questions designed to reveal one’s hidden attitudes about sex, family, love and work.

The Cube is a Kokology game about self knowledge, and is played by asking a person to imagine and describe a set of five objects in a scene. It starts by asking another person to imagine a desert, a cube, a ladder, flowers, a horse and the weather, and the person would describe and place the cube in the scene.

Growing up between the east and west, Dawn’s work has always been about her diasporic identity. The glass rubik’s cube signfies her transparency, and how her oppositional values pulls her apart while her hands are tied. In this animation, untying and embrace reveals Dawn’s acceptance with herself.

Awards & Honors
+ The 5th Annual Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival 2013
+ The 36th Asian America International Film Festival 2013]

Director: Dawn Chan
Featuring: Jessica Van
Music: Matthew Clough-Hunter
Sound Mix: Ashish Dha


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