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Minta Conveys Inspiration to Perfection Sand Animation Is More than TechniqueWith the development of the media and the Internet, our compatriots are not unfamiliar with sand animation works. However, fast information spread is being accompanied by the copying of creativity. When our compatriots are admiring and lauding the art of sand animation, could they really feel the subtle messages hidden behind the artist and his or her works? Are they just jumping on the bandwagon without knowing why, or could they truly grasp the significance? The first and foremost sand artist who has brought this art to perfection in the Greater Chinese areas, Minta remarked, “Sand animation is more than technique.”
All-important Information Power Helps Cultivate Foremost Chinese Sand ArtistRecalling the commencement of his sand art process, Minta said that all of his achievement has been done in gradual progress, rather than being accomplished within one day because of some fancies. He added that, in the very beginning, he was working as an art director for a TV channel, and the demand for work in the media industry is “all-important information power.” In order to attain good ratings, the workers behind the scene have to receive a huge amount of new information from overseas and at home so as to discover novel stuff that can successfully draw the eye of the audiences. Thanks to such a background, Minta has been absorbing new knowledge anytime anywhere. “We already know a whole raft of things that have been popular overseas. We just haven't presented them in public.” Just like his work experience, from special effects makeup to body painting to sand art, what he has relied upon is sensitive information power in addition to the behind-scene hard work, transformation and metamorphosis. As a result, the milestones of Taiwan’s innovative aesthetics have been erected by him several times in a row. Prior to Minta’s formal engagement in sand art, he had shot a clip about sand animation by himself approximately a decade before. However, that time was only for a program of the TV station, and was finished for good after the shooting. Then in 2002, he saw an advertisement produced for the World Cup hosted by South Korea, in which the sand animation work to the accompaniment of ancient Korean music drew his attention. “That advertisement clip used 70% of sand animation and 30% of manual sand art, so I began to think of the possibility of sand animation performance.” Minta further collected related data and discovered that there were only three sand artists in the world at that time. One was the father of sand art Hungarian Ferenc Cako, who only created a work, titled “Genesis”; another was an
