Film

What's The Love Making Babies For

2003 · 20m · Comedy · Science Fiction

Trecartin's extraordinary digital manipulations reach a new level as he speculates in vivid animation about reproduction, sexuality, and contemporary moralities. Collapsing footage appropriated from television, the Internet, and pop culture, Trecartin and his elaborately costumed collaborators manufacture an alien yet familiar reality. Inside this startling new video world, technophile gods wearing acid-washed denim argue about the future of gender and produce cryptic TV commercials. In a surreal backyard town meeting, characters deliver disjointed polemics assembled from clashing phrases that could have originated in ad campaigns, instant messaging conversations, or twisted episodes of syndicated science fiction. Constructed from the raw material of disposable media clichés and fads, Trecartin's narrative leaves us to answer the riddles he poses.

Ryan Trecartin

Lizzie Fitch

Alison Powell

Rhett LaRue

Muffy Brandt

Asher Penn

Brian McKeligott

Nick Payne

Ben Carlson

Lindsay Beebe

Will Gurly

• Ryan TrecartinWriter · Editor · Producer · Director

Release date

June 16, 2003

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

20m

Genres

Comedy, Science Fiction