YESTERDAY WAS MY BIRTHDAY SO I ASKED FOR LEGS TO RUN AWAY

Created with/in The Sims 2, YESTERDAY WAS MY BIRTHDAY SO I ASKED FOR LEGS TO RUN AWAY engages with themes of digital abandonment, nostalgia, and the evolving cultural memory of virtual worlds. This avant-garde machinima interrogates the fate of video game characters left behind by players, serving as both a meditation on virtual obsolescence and an elegy for the optimism of the late 2000s. Through a visual language informed by the resurgence of the Frutiger Aero aesthetic, YESTERDAY… conjures the hyper-saturated hues and utopian optimism of that era, an optimism now refracted through the crises that have since reshaped the economic, political, and environmental landscape. At the core of the narrative is a young boy who directly addresses the viewer, questioning their departure from these childhood digital spaces. His inquiry is less an accusation than an existential reflection: What does it mean to leave behind a world once inhabited so intimately?