Abigail Child

[3] She has been the chair of Film and Animation department at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since 2000[3] and was appointed to a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

is a major, seven-part experimental work from this period, completed over nine years, which included the cult classics Mayhem and Covert Action.

[10][11] In the 21st century, Child's film and video has explored history, memory, and cultural experiences—the politics of place and identity.

Digital works like Cake + Steak (2004) and The Future Is Behind You (2005)[12] investigate the awkward drama of the everyday, often utilizing found material to examine the past.

Mirror World (2006) is a multi-screen installation that incorporates parts of Child's "foreign film" series to explore narrative excess.