Graduation project
Temporarily unavailable
Deborah van Putten
## “Experiencing burnout is like standing still while everyone else is moving on.”
How are you? The question frustrates people who suffer from burnout. From her own experience, Deborah van Putten knows what it feels like. But how to explain that to family and friends? Her three minute stop-motion film visualises the feeling of emotional exhaustion and shares the facts about this condition. ‘Temporarily Unavailable’ features a character who struggles with unfamiliar, depressed emotions. A book comes to the rescue, explaining the symptoms as a chemical reaction: stress causes cortisol levels to rise, which affects the nervous system. Next to raising awareness, the film was also healing for the designer. The process of creating the puppet and the miniature props by hand, brought back a sense of control and creativity.