My Father in the Cloud (2022) is a 3D animated video about loss, memory, and the human desire to reconnect with those who are gone. The work follows a series of experiments attempting to reanimate a deceased father figure as a digital presence—an avatar built from video fragments, motion data, and emotional traces.

I was responsible for animation, cinematography, rendering, and compositing. Drawing from motion capture recordings of family members, I retargeted their performances onto a 3D model of the father, and shaped the visual tone through framing, lighting, and texture. Beyond the technical execution, the dynamic between myself and the artist helped shape the emotional rhythm and language of the piece, influencing parts of the script itself.

The avatar dances, drifts, and duplicates—caught between presence and absence. By exposing its own construction, My Father in the Cloud reflects on the fragility of digital resurrection and the need to create, not to preserve, but to feel.