Hairless Mole-rat Keychain

By Dakota Gearhart

Characters from the Life Touching Life video series are here to keep you company. Bright, friendly, and durable, these keychains also have a QR code that links to the project’s animated episodes for easy streaming. Character options for DEMO 2025 include “Tiffany” the algae femme, a singing hairless mole-rat, a recycled keyboard still life, and a holographic girl molting into a mantis.

Life Touching Life is an animated video series hosted by an algae femme who interviews scientists, scholars, and caretakers about their observations on consciousness and its relationship to biodiversity. Set in a nonviolent future where all life is accepted as sentient, the series also incorporates fictional animation-based collaborations from musicians and artists. Streamed for free online, and created by Dakota Gearheart with the support of NEW INC, Franklin Furnace, and SoMad.