Made during Melbourne's Covid 19 Lockdown
A mutant William S. Burroughs style report from the bunker on the emergence of a new kind of media parasite in a hyper accelerated collage based underground art film with sound by Philip Brophy. Set against the backdrop of daily reports of Covid 19 infections and media saturation of viruses, contagion, media overload and conspiracy theories.
A hazmat-suited researcher in a bathroom/toilet, credited only as the slime narrator, talks about discovering a new kind of parasite that attempts to complete its life cycle within various contemporary media platforms.
It quickly emerges that our narrator has possibly started to lose his mind or has been affected by the parasite as he explores topics such as Virtual Reality worm simulations, our symbiotic relationship to 7-11s, AI censorship parasites, to the appearance of programmable dark matter, slime TV game shows, parasite pornography and mutant YouTube cat videos.
Screenings:
Octopus Marquee Independent film festival (online), USA, 2024
Cinestesya film festival, Porto, Portugal, 2024
CineSalon experimental film festival, Cork, Ireland, 2024
Chicago Underground film festival, USA, 2024
Chroma Art film festival, Miami, USA, 2024
ONED art/experimental film festival, Beijing, China, 2024
Revelation International film festival, Perth, Australia, 2024
AA29 video project, Caserta, Italy, 2024
Post-Cinema film festival, Sicily, Italy, 2024 (Honorable Mention)
Thornbury picture house, Melbourne, 2024
Worm Pornography trailer
