Ajanta, a UNESCO world heritage site, has inspired whole generations of painters and sculptors and had a great impact on modern painting. But over the past few centuries, it fell from grace, and the Revisiting Ajanta project is helping to restore it.

The project aims at producing an animated film on the life of Buddha, staying true to the paintings by using techniques such as OHPI acrylic puppetry and Paint on Glass animation. Although paint on glass and Ohp acrylic puppetry each present their own set of obstacles, they have also paved the way for various exploratory roads, and the results of this are interesting and vibrant.

Although the exploratory road seems obscure and vague at the beginning, it sparks crazy ideas and astounding results if pursued. This is what I took away from this project.