New Shorelines is about a changing world where all the arts are converging into one, blurring the edges of them all in the process. Yi Zhou conceived this 3D animation with her trademark touch of mélange and imagination. This time, darkness is mixed with lightness. Tim Burton inspired moods are mixed with her own take on Walt Disney characters. Medieval castles are found on a fingertip. Hands drop heavy, orange rain drops. Disney-like mermaids meet astrophysicists such as Stephen Hawking and his clones underwater. Babies rest on Versailles-inspired plates. Sharks don't seem as scary as they were in her previous animations. The underwater world is serene, while the surface shows hope with new eras of glacierization and polar bears. Get ready for a journey of freestyle