Tobi Springer

In De Nasleep (The Aftermath), I explore the liminal nature of time after a suicide attempt, a time when everything feels blurry and not quite real, when there is tension about what has happened but it is difficult to break through. It is a feeling that still demands my attention years later, a feeling that I sometimes still seem to long for. It still lingers.

I use stop-motion to make these feelings and memories tangible. As a child, I was enchanted by this animation technique, by the tangibility of the characters, and by the imperfections that showed the maker's presence in every frame. I bring this into my film as well. Every movement of the puppets reflects a trace of my presence. I am still here; to experience these feelings, to remember them, and to be able to bring them to rest.