Ojo (2004-2005)

A disturbed, death-obsessed child in a rain-slicked suburb has found something in a storm pipe. The creature she now shelters is a strange, unclassifiable thing, a mass of wet fur and alien limbs. Her attempt to nurse it back to health is a solitary ritual of bandages, stolen food, and whispered secrets. The Girl sees a kindred spirit in its wounded silence, a project to fill the hollow spaces in her own life. As the Creature slowly regains its strength within the confines of her hidden sanctuary, its true nature remains an unsettling mystery. The air in the room smells of antiseptic and damp earth.