I am grateful to the Chinese for the invention of gunpowder — it feels as if they made it for me. Its discovery happened by accident, originally conceived as a way to ward off evil spirits. This film begins in China, then moves to an event in Cartagena, and ends centuries later in Bogotá.
7 min 8 sColombia2026
decay / decaer
by Juan Camilo González
Drawing on paper
Juan Camilo González Jiménez (b. 1984, Manizales) holds a Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, an M.FA. in Animation and Digital Arts from the University of Southern California, and a B.A. in Visual Arts from Javeriana University. He currently teaches Digital Narratives at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá. His work moves between the creation of animated short films and interactive projects. He is also a member of Moebius Animación, a collective dedicated to the exhibition and study of experimental animation in Latin America.
- animation
- Juan Camilo González
- production
- Bibiana Rojas
- screenwriter
- Juan Camilo González