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LAIKA

Deborah Stratman, USA, digital, 4.5 min, 2021

Some forms we can only know by their shadow. In homage to the spirits of space test dogs, or any being we use in the name of progress.

This music video was made by invitation of composer Olivia Block for the release of her album Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea (Room40)

Deborah Stratman (1967). 40+ films since 1990; screenings at venues including National Gallery of Art, Viennale, Media City Film Festival, Whitney Biennial (2004), Centre Pompidou, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Danish Film Institute, International Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, and New York Film Festival. Herb Alpert (2014) and Creative Capital (2012) Awards; Guggenheim (2003) and Fulbright (1995) Fellowships. Lives in Chicago, Illinois.