Ari no Seikatsu

- Media type
- Film
Ari no Seikatsu · The Life Of Ants · MOVIE
Fantasy
About this title
Yūko Asano’s stop motion animation, The Life of Ants/Ari no seikatsu (14mins, 1994) meditates on prevailing gendered power dynamics through a beautifully and meticulously crafted world of insects, leading viewers to contemplate gendered social subjection as embodied in ritualized activities.