INFINITEMOTHER_V2.0
Infinite Mother is a series of video game film shorts that deconstructs and reconstructs the role of mother in a video game world.
Artist
Pearlyn Lii
Directors
Pearlyn Lii
Alex Darby
Greg Truono
Prashast Thapan
Team
Alex Darby (Producer and Executive Producer), The Hybrid Studio (Production & Post-Production), Pariah Interactive (Animation & Production), nonstudio (Production), Greg Truono (Editor), Taüs Jafar (Composer & Sound Design), Mio Ishikawa in role of ‘Mother’ (Motion Capture Performance and Choreography), and Kevin Pajarillaga in role of ‘Daughter’ (Motion Capture Performance)
Artist
Pearlyn Lii
Directors
Pearlyn Lii
Alex Darby
Greg Truono
Prashast Thapan
Team
Alex Darby (Producer and Executive Producer), The Hybrid Studio (Production & Post-Production), Pariah Interactive (Animation & Production), nonstudio (Production), Greg Truono (Editor), Taüs Jafar (Composer & Sound Design), Mio Ishikawa in role of ‘Mother’ (Motion Capture Performance and Choreography), and Kevin Pajarillaga in role of ‘Daughter’ (Motion Capture Performance)
Episode 2
Set in a verdant hellscape inspired by Chinese mountain-water landscapes, the episode follows a cyborgian daughter and her emotionally unavailable mother as they struggle to connect across language barriers and distant worlds. At the center of their struggle is the Fetal Peach—an illusory mirror reflecting their fractured relationship ideals. The work is an autobiographical projection of Lii’s own maternal relationship, with ‘Daughter’ acting as a conduit for processing intergenerational trauma through speculative mythos. In this episode, Daughter navigates a complex emotional landscape—from a sense of inherited duty, to frustration, grief, and ultimately, a quiet release from the longing for connection to Mother.
Rendered in a dreamlike blend of mythic imagery, InfiniteMother_v2.0 blurs the boundaries between memory, fantasy, and ritual. Daughter’s increasingly frenetic gestures become the language of an impossible relationship—one shaped by inherited expectations and emotional distance. By invoking traditions of filial piety, ancient Chinese landscape painting, and the visual language of video games, Lii constructs a world that feels both deeply personal and strangely universal. InfiniteMother_v2.0 doesn’t offer reconciliation—but instead lingers in the ache of misalignment, capturing the quiet power of acceptance.
