Through the lens of a child experiencing their first death of a pet, this video work muses on the ways that humankind distances itself from the truth of our animality, and how the digital realm we have fortified in the past 20 years pretends to be separate from our physical plane.

©M.RAMIREZ 2024 ~ .☘︎ ݁˖ MUSIC BY SOPHIA VAN DYKE AKA SOPHT https://sopht.bandcamp.com/

WORKS CITED / SAMPLES:

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