On first sight this could be only a stop motion.
But if we stop ourselves for a while, we would see much more. The anxiety, fear the pain and fatigue penetrate in the veins of the spectator, who’s fascinated by the surreal images that come his way. Cotton has never been so awful, the clay has never been so bad.
What really works in the video is the subjective camera; with a wise use of shadows we can predict what’s going to happen.
Another language is adopted in the transition between the washing machine and the moon, and the symbolism of this passage is very strong and explains that there is a sort of bond, a passage between two worlds. It is from this bond that a doll is born, an infernal being, whose hair is grown with a simple but effective method: the hair are cut and the sequence is assembled upside down.
The mood is very apt, Dog Byron should be really pleased with the work of Lulù Cancrini and Marco Varriale. And I can assume that he saved much money with this simple but great concept.