Argot Chen

A collaborative botanicollage film poem by participants in the festival workshop, Dreaming Ecosystems, led by poet Mita Mahato and filmmaker Caryn Cline.

if every bone had not been sucked hollow, the meat held for ransom. the yearling still struggling to walk, its hock bent backwards. its tongue meant to be peeled after boiling —

In a speculative gesture toward a future without beloved species, this film places playful domestic imagery of cats interacting with historical artifacts of extinct animals against the backdrop of environmental collapse. At once surreal and deeply felt, it creates an imagined archive for a world on the brink, filled with humor, grief, and absurd tenderness.