The Baby Factory is Closed
Synopsis
You breathe with her. You scream with her. You dance your way out of sedation.
Blending real-time visuals, bio-haptic feedback and diasporic sound, this work reframes menopause not as decline but as volatile power; closing ‘The Baby Factory’ to ignite a cultural revolution.
Using gesture, voice and biometric feedback, audiences become co-conspirators in a volatile act of embodied rebellion. This is not a metaphor. This is an insurgency.
Official Selection SXSW 2026 - XR Competition - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- XR / Immersive
- Running time
- 15 min
- Format
- Virtual Reality
- Director
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Deepa Mann-Kler
- Producer
- Eva Robinson
- Executive Producer
- Liz Rosenthal
- Screenwriter
- Deepa Mann-Kler
- Sound
- Katie Richardson
- Composer
- Katie Richardson
- Principal cast
- Dinita Gohil, Lauren Martin
- Line Producer
- Sinéad Burns
- Concept Artist
- Dermott Burns
- Technical Director
- Eoin McCartan-Peel
- Technical Artist
- Josh McAvoy
- 3D Generalist
- Matthew Shannon
- 3D Artist
- Eva Robinson
- 3D Artist
- Sinéad Burns
- Vicon Technician
- Robbie Coey
Production Status
Production Company
Neon (VRNI Limited)
Deepa Mann-Klerc/o Aura Studios
Ormeau Business Park
8 Cromac Avenue
Belfast
County Antrim
Northern Ireland
BT7 2JA
Sales Company
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