E-BABY created by PLEIX
PLEIX is an artist collaborative group based in Paris, France
who create engaging films meant to be shown over the internet.
E-Baby is a 3-D generated animated film that tells the fictional
story of a futuristic baby monitored through the web and electronic
caretaking devices. PLEIX states that "E-Baby is a deceptive
contemplation on technology and nurture. A baby lives, breathes
and grows inside a computer-controlled incubator. The ‘mother’s’
only contact with the baby is via black rubber-gloved robotic
hands. A glitch in the system causes the fallible automatic foster
system to break down." While watching E-baby
the viewer
witnesses the internal cyborg anatomy of the artificial baby and
how the computer systems take care of the child. PLEIX has
created a hypothetical design for the child of the future, although
it may look quite disturbing and bleak to most viewers. This may
imply that child care is a part of humanity we may wish to leave
untouched by technology.