Reel I~4 min target
The Dose
Daylight parlor. The tall hat is too large; the spoon is exact. Two children invent a hospital out of lace.
“A spoon of kindness, carefully.”
Exhibition plate · full reel forthcoming
Artist statement
Built as if Cannes were watching the dailies.
The Sick Kitten series is prestige short cinema in a browser: period wardrobe, a pale kitten who is never a mascot, light that could have fallen in Hove in 1903.
Full hand-animated episodes are in production. What you see now is the programme: key art and the order of the season. Entertainment only. Not financial advice. The house keeps a directory for living kittens.
Season I · the programme
Five reels
Read top to bottom as a single night at the nickelodeon. Exhibition plates now; full runtime reels replace “forthcoming” when they meet the house standard.
Reel I
Reel II~3 min target
The Close-Up
The cut. Tongue, spoon, breath — Smith’s grammar, living in the frame.
“Closer, so the story can see.”
Exhibition plate · full reel forthcoming
Reel III~4 min target
The Fisik
Plain glass, blank label. Diagnosis by costume; treatment by care.
“Fisik, measured twice.”
Exhibition plate · full reel forthcoming
Reel IV~5 min target
The Vigil
Lamp, chair, hat on the post. Nothing dramatic except the refusal to leave.
“She does not leave the chair.”
Exhibition plate · full reel forthcoming
Reel V~4 min target
The Dawn
Lace curtains, empty spoon, a patient upright at the glass. Morning as the only special effect.
“The fever loosens its claim.”
Exhibition plate · full reel forthcoming
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THE SICK KITTEN series is an original programme of $SICKKITTEN Pictures. Inspired by the public-domain 1903 short by George Albert Smith; not affiliated with his estate or any festival. $SICKKITTEN is a Solana memecoin; nothing here is financial advice.