Expecting
2003 · 2m · Animation · Fantasy · Science Fiction · Drama
An interactive stop-motion animation about a futuristic child’s playroom. In the future, children don’t make friends, they give birth to them. So, what happens when a child’s fantasy of a living, breathing doll becomes a reality? Experimenta House of Tomorrow Tour, An Experimenta New Visions Commission. September 2003; Black Box, Melbourne.
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