Domestikia: The Incident in the Nursery

'Domestikia' uses paper cutouts and articulated paper puppets in a stop-motion animation to explore the strange, dreamlike and uncanny realm of the Domestic Gothic. The 'incident' occurs within an imaginary dollhouse. This short animation attempts to tackle, with a healthy dose of black humour, the anxieties experienced by parents and the challenges of being the primary caregiver of young children.