Graduation project, was part of the 2017 ArtEZ graduation exhibition 'Dreams Need Air'. 'I Met An Alien Once, It Looked Like Me' comes from a fascination with the relationship between humans and the estrangement from the self. I believe that estrangement is deeply connected to individualism and egoism. Charlie, the main character of the corresponding movie appears at once strange and posesses basic human attributes. Charlie is fascinated by images of the past, which is manifested through apocalyptic archeological scenes. The film reflects the future consequences of interpersonal, alien behavior.
Reviews
"The result of your process is an animation movie that does not in anyway meet the conventions of the genre." - Hendrik Jan Grievink, Next Nature
"So what to say about all of this? The movie is intriguing but distant, weird but familiar, funny sometimes, yet drained of humor. The text in the subtitles are built out of an impenetrable prose, the images are not necessary beautiful, yet it somehow sticks, the movie makes you want to see it again. You want to know more about this nightmarish world if only to find an exit door. When it finishes, you are left with more questions than answers, but there is one thing you know for sure, you have never seen anything like this!" - Brian Kuan Wood