Motionographer® Tsz-wing Ho | M+ Museum, Hong Kong

Hong Kong animator Tsz-wing Ho’s & MORE reimagines the M+ Museum’s architecture as a fluid, conceptual object, blending geometric abstraction with tactile textures. The 2D animation international award winning film dissects the museum’s bamboo-like façade, spiral staircase, and angular forms into minimalist shapes—cuboids, spheres, and cylinders—animated in monochrome to mirror the building’s stark aesthetic. Ho’s hand-drawn style, crafted in Photoshop and Procreate, juxtaposes crisp lines with scratchy, organic imperfections, evoking a “handmade” sensibility that contrasts digital precision . By deconstructing the M+ into rhythmic, abstract sequences synchronized to ambient sound, the film challenges museums as static institutions, reframing them as dynamic, evolving entities.Ho’s process involved repurposing photographs of the museum’s concrete textures and exterior during COVID-19 closures, merging analog inspiration with digital experimentation in After Effects. The result is a hypnotic meditation on materiality, earning accolades like the Communication Arts Illustration Award and screenings at festivals worldwide, earning Ho recognition as one of contemporary animation’s most innovative voices.