'Hatching' - Social Media as the Modern Cardboard World
Hanna Bergholm's 'Hatching' shows us that the modern version of the cardboard world trope is social media.

Edgar is a mime who lives his routine: he wakes up in the morning, then he gets ready and after that he goes to the street to perform his show. Edgar expresses himself through his gestures and body movements, through his art, in order to communicate and to convey his emotions to people. But those disinterested passers-by ignore him, as they don't understands his language. For this reason, the poor mime feels very lonely and sad until one day he meets a person who seems really interested to hear him out.
Hanna Bergholm's 'Hatching' shows us that the modern version of the cardboard world trope is social media.
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