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Van Sowerwine: Clara's world: Clara is seven-minute stop-motion animated short written and directed by Van Sowerwine, a new media artist and graduate of Melbourne's RMIT (1).(words with Van Sowerwine)(Interview)

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| June 22, 2005 | O'Brien, Sally | COPYRIGHT 2005 Australian Teachers of Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

CLARA TELLS THE STORY of a young girl's experience of grief in Australian suburbia. It was selected for the Shorts competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival. In this interview, Van discusses recurring themes in her animation work and her love of working with dolls.

SALLY O'BRIEN: When did you start working with dolls? When did they become the stars of your work?

VAN SOWERWINE: It wasn't until I was about 22 that I started collecting dolls from op shops, and I always had them as a child and was particularly fond of a few. There was one big baby doll that I kept froom my childhood and became really attached too. Then I started thinking about making ...

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