(Parasympathica)

Content: In Parasympathica the artist divides her body into two halves, one black and the other white, with everything held together by a crown she wears. This "split" figure rotates jerkily by means of single frame animation. As Mattuschka spins on her own axis in a movement resembling a butterfly, the contrasts between the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the sympathetic and the parasympathetic, are blurred.

Countries:

Austria

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Runtime:

5 minutes

Year:

1986

Directors:

Mara Mattuschka

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