Austin Ballard and Kate Stone collaborated through a series of physical and virtual hybridizations to create an animation that explores sites both intimate and uncanny. Exploring personal domestic rituals, Ballard began by creating a series of objects that serve as fantastical distortions in design, ergonomics, and physical therapy aids. Stone then built sets from Ballard’s objects and textures and brought them to life through stop-motion animation, embracing light and shadow to create an ominous psychological space. The rooms resemble distorted domestic sites in which Ballard’s objects take the place of furniture and appliances. They multiply, wriggle and grow. Stone passed the finished animation back to Ballard, who created a soundtrack to accompany the video. Inspired by Stone’s imagery, Ballard combined a variety of sound clips ranging from his childhood home, his neighbors cat, a sleeping app, and some of his favorite horror films. The project explores virtual misinterpretation and disconnection as a mode for creation.