FERAL CHILD
An art and film installation staged as a scientific account of a feral child recovered from the Thai jungle, and of the biotope she survived in.
- Year
- 2014
- Location
- River Kwai, Thailand
- Role
- Making-of film
- With
- Production: Francois Roche, Camille Lacadee, Ezio Blasetti, Stephan Heinrich




We were not able to extract the feral child found in the deepness of Primary Thai Jungle without the minimum environmental precaution. The group of scientists in charge of her re-adaptation decided to avoid jumping into a Mowgli syndrome, and instead placed her in a human education settlement. We are directly working on her biotope in which she survived, in the deepness of the forest.
The feral child has trouble learning to walk upright after walking on fours all her life, and displays a reasonable lack of interest in the human activity around her. She seems mentally affected and has almost insurmountable trouble learning a human language. But even with this high degree of acculturation, she is wildly prepared to survive in a hostile situation.
Even if her behaviour seems to be plaintive and fearful, even if you can hear whispering sounds reminiscent of jungle animals groans, she is safe. Please do not disturb her, and do not feed her. We are not in a zoo. She has to be respected as the last wild anomaly in natural environment.






Credits
production:
Francois Roche, Camille Lacadee,
Danielle Willems, Ezio Blasetti,
Stephan Heinrich
computation, design, construction:
Ezio Blasetti