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HIV awareness contest won by Myanmar artist
Zon Pann Pwint
Animator Aung Ye Kyaw has won an international competition with his animation sequence that warns of the risks of HIV.
A YOUNG couple share an intimate moment in Lover’s Inn, but in the distance danger lurks. A small green monster with potbelly, bulging eyes and horns is peeping from behind the cover of a tree into the lover’s room. The monster is a representation of HIV, set on infecting the young lovers. Stealthily it creeps up to the inn and quietly slips in through the front door. About to enter the small room, a sudden banging can be heard on the main door. A condom shaped character enters, with a very large bat who proceeds to give the monster a good drubbing. The young lovers are protected.
This 30 second animation sequence, created by Aung Ye Kyaw was recently awarded the first prize of US$5000 in an anti-HIV animation contest organised by the website www.vir.us/
“My friend suggested I visit www.eyeka.com online, which has information on animation and photo competitions. I came across an animation contest on the website that caught my attention and having worked in a hospital I did not need to learn much about HIV having already studied it. I also have an interest in animation so I decided to try and create a 3D animation for the competition,” said Aung Ye Kyaw (25) who is a medical science graduate.
Aung Ye Kyaw was chosen as the first place winner when the results of the Anti-HIV competition came out on November 26. Sixty entries for the contest were received from Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas. An Indian artist won second place, with third place going to an artist from the USA.
“There are many possibilities to be infected with HIV but public awareness of prevention methods is still lacking so I made an animation cartoon to educate the public about how condom use can reduce the risk of spreading the disease,” Aung Ye Kyaw said.
After watching the animated cartoon Ice Age, Aung Ye Kyaw felt inspired to learn animation, beginning in 2005 with free tutorials. He then took an animation course in 2008.
“I am proud to have been chosen as a winner in the competition,” he said.
Animation is now widely used in the film industry, however, development lags behind in Myanmar according to Dr Thura Thein Tin who teaches animation.
“3D animation has not developed well here because we need investment and machines to create more realistic animation. 3D is not only helpful in the film industry but also in science and for businesses such as motor car companies,” he said.
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