“Her handcrafted props and digital animations of objects rendered in saturated or neon colors beam across the black space of the film set, carry the charming patina of an 8-bit Commodore 64 or LiteBrite toy. Though the film Hiatus—featuring a young woman’s adventures in a virtual-reality system— may feel less like Second Life and more like laser tag, it was initially developed alongside top computer scientists at NASA and VPL Research and is unique and fascinating to watch for its foresight.”
