Parasympathica

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 13, 1986

Original language

German

Countries

Austria

Cast

Mara Mattuschka

Director

Mara Mattuschka

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0158064