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Vitória Cribb

echoes of a wet finger—cinematic version (2025)

US Premiere

A human-like creature bares pointy teeth. It has greenish-gray skin, thin white hair, and barnacle-like growths on its face.

Brazilian artist Vitória Cribb’s animated short merges sci-fi and animation to reveal how technology reshapes identity, surveillance, and self-perception online.

In echoes of a wet finger, Cribb invites us into a strange, shimmering world where the boundaries between body, dream, and code begin to blur. The film follows Tixa, a woman who wakes from a deep sleep into a reality watched by unseen eyes. When a lizard slips into her shower, the ordinary moment turns surreal—her body begins to shift, and with it, her sense of self.
 
Cribb’s work blends science fiction, poetry, and digital animation to explore what it means to live under constant surveillance. Through Tixa’s metamorphosis, echoes of a wet finger reflects on the fragile, sometimes mysterious experience of existing online and on how transformation might offer a form of resistance. (12:24 mins., HD video)
 
Cribb is part of a new generation of artists redefining the relationship between art, technology, and identity. She was selected by an international jury during the 2023 Videobrasil Festival in São Paulo for a residency in the Wex’s Moving Image Studio in 2026. She will be developing a new work in collaboration with the Moving Image Studio and the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design.
 
Vitória Cribb will present a public talk on March 5 as part of Ohio State’s Arts, Technology and Social Change series. 

Image Caption: 
Vitória Cribb, echoes of a wet finger, 2024. HD video. Image courtesy of the artist.

"The work reflects on the potentialities of shapeshifting as a way to deal with the complications of cyberspace and the implications of digitization."
Curator Zeynep Öz on echoes of a wet finger

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Vitória Cribb

Vitória Cribb (b. 1996) graduated from Superior School of Industrial Design at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her practice investigates contemporary social behavior in the face of new visual information technologies. An artist, filmmaker, and creative technologist, Cribb creates narratives through 3D animation tools. Her video works have been exhibited at film festivals, museums, and international biennales including Sharjah Biennial 16, UAE, and Mercosul Biennial 14. She is the founder and creative director of BTWN STUDIOS, a design production company that creates branded presence in XR (extended reality) space, which includes augmented reality, 3D avatars, digital fashion editorials, and virtual reality environments. Cribb, who lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, currently participates in the Krea Artist Program

Program Support

echoes of a wet finger was commissioned by Sharjah Art Biennial 16 and Mercosul Biennial 14 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The presentation at the Wexner Center is organized by Moving Image Studio Director Jennifer Lange.

SUPPORT FOR FILM PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY

Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY

Greater Columbus Arts Council

The Wexner Family

Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts

CampusParc

The Columbus Foundation

Every Page Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Axium Packaging

Nationwide Foundation

Michael and Anita Goldberg

Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease, LLP

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY

Joyce Shenk

Rebecca Perry and Ben Towle

Lachelle Thigpen

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