Animation/ Interaction / Projection/
The Museum of Kansas City
A series of interactive installations exploring the layered histories of Kansas City through motion and storytelling.
Combining large-scale projection and touchscreen experiences, the project invites visitors to engage with how land, identity, and communities have evolved over time. "Boundaries and Borders" focuses on shifting perspectives of land, while "City Within a City" traces personal and cultural narratives across generations.
As the primary motion designer, I developed the motion language and animation system to translate complex historical content into clear, engaging, and immersive experiences.
Boundaries and Borders
A large-scale interactive projection that invites visitors to explore how different perspectives on land shaped the foundations of modern Kansas City.
Through animated maps that evolve over time—revealing routes, territories, and shifting boundaries—the installation visualizes how Osage, European, and American views transformed the landscape. The motion language emphasizes growth, overlap, and change, reinforcing the idea that land is not static, but dynamic and contested.
By immersing visitors in a continuously transforming environment, the experience encourages them to question how history is defined and to discover the layered narratives embedded within the land.
City Within a City
An interactive touchscreen installation that explores the evolution of neighborhoods through personal and collective histories.
Visitors select composite characters representing different ethnic communities, who guide them through their neighborhoods across multiple generations. Through these guided narratives, visitors are introduced to the social, cultural, and historical forces that shaped each community—and how those communities responded over time.
Navigation is intuitive and exploratory: users can follow characters step by step using directional prompts, or jump across time using a scrollable timeline. This flexibility allows visitors to engage with the story at their own pace, uncovering connections between past and present.
Credit -
Production
G&A × CYCYMYMY
CYCYMYMY Team
Creative Director: Cynthia Bryan
Producer: Diane Knarr
Designer: Reem Hinedi
Animation Lead: Cathy Lin
Animation Support: Tanaya Khadke, Rivai Li