One day when she was a baby, Rika’s crib fell apart. As her parents looking for her in panic, they found a big snake surrounding her while Rika was peacefully sleeping. Years after that strange day, her mom swore that it’s the curse of the rice-field snake, that made Rika choose the art path. Recently, she moved to Leipzig and creates animation while finishing her MFA at the Bauhaus-University Weimar. She hasn’t seen any snake for a while.

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  My Demon, Your Demon

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  2019
  Director Rika Tarigan met 11 people from different backgrounds at an online plattform. Now she is telling their stories about mental health and own demons in an animated documentary.
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  The Right to Fall Apart

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  2019
  “The Right to Fall Apart” attempts to explore how we navigate the heaviness of emotional and mental distress. Burdened by intensities, the protagonist tries to escape to an imagined haven of words, language, and images.