Permutations

https://youtu.be/MRyJd77Et8A

#WIP

Tentative Title: Permutations

Director / Animator / Programmer: Baku Hashimoto (橋本麦)

Portfolio: https://baku89.com

Contact: mal@baku89.com (mamagement: INS Studio)

6-mins Non-narrative Short film, Interactive Art, and Installation

Hand-Drawn + CGI + Generative Art

All Ages

Pitched at MIFA in Annecy Animation Festival 2025

“From Tradition to Vision: European and Japanese Artists in Residency”

What's the Project?

A hand-drawn animation experiment exploring non-linear time structures.

Combines ideas from generative systems (like cellular automata, agent-based simulation) with traditional frame-by-frame animation.

https://scrapbox.io/files/6847f25f78f1fe0fe24acc67.gif

The non-linear structure of the timeline

Multi-media Adaptations

Potentially interactive or spatial—could be adapted into installations at a gallery.

Just imagine Michael Frei's KIDS and Plug & Plug, or Boris Labbé's Rhizome -- both could be good reference for this project.

https://scrapbox.io/files/684bb75de4b1a77acc106f0b.mp4https://scrapbox.io/files/684bb7766310966b3ed9419f.png

Looking for:

Producer, who can support funding and distribution

Residency, for further pre-production

Gallery that can exhbit my work in some spatial and immersive way

Animation co-director, to help strengthen the hand-drawn animation and narrative aspects

Programmer, in charge of developing the generative systems

Logline

In a lattice cosmos, a Thing emerges — multiplying, mutating, and morphing into the myriad forms of existence. An infinite grid teems with life that dances, vanishes, and reconfigures, spiraling toward a phase transition. Patterns entwine, dissolve, and converge into a final state of thermal stillness. A hypnotic, non-narrative one-shot animation where hand-drawn animation and A-Life intertwine.

About the Director

Baku Hashimoto (橋本麦) is a Japanese experimental filmmaker, visual artist, and tool developer who works independently across a wide range of mediums—from generative art and motion graphics to stop-motion animation and interactive design. Influenced by experimental film and hacker culture, he explores new ways of creating through both visual experimentation and technical innovation. By continually researching tool development and diverse modes of expression, he pursues a variety of styles within the visual arts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQi3aMQXip8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEzuZlUB3zM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSFeje8-4Vc

https://vimeo.com/209723186

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