Sirenomelia

Lithuania
2015
Experimental
5 min.

 

Director | Emilija Škarnulytė
Script | Emilija Škarnulytė
Editing | Michael Sarcault
Sound | Jokūbas Čižikas
Producer | Emilija Škarnulytė
Production company | Mirror Matter Productions

 

Set in far-northern territories where cold, Arctic waters meet rocky escarpments on which radio telescopes record fast-traveling quasar waves, Sirenomelia links
man, nature and machine and posits possible post-human mythologies. It is shot in an abandoned Cold-War submarine base in Olavsvern, Norway, and is a
cosmic portrait of one of mankind’s oldest mythic creatures – the mermaid. The artist, performing as a siren, swims through the decrepit NATO facility while
cosmic signals and white noise traverse the entirety of space, reaching its farthest corners, beyond human impact.