"In a Spanish magazine, I found a list of characteristics considered by the Catholic church to be positive and negative. With two exceptions, the positive characteristics represented passive attitudes. In the film, I represent them mimically. Using animated imagery, I let the juices which are stimulated by the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, flow over the body: tears, sweat, sperm, vaginal secretions." - Mara Mattuschka
"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." - Christa Blümlinger
2 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION
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distribution format |
Digital file on server (FHD) |
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screen |
1,37 - Standard (single screen) |
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speed |
25 fps |
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sound |
sound |
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original language |
German & Spanish |
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translation |
French (Separate subtitles file) |
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rental fee |
37,00 € |
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distribution format |
DCP on server (INTEROP 2K) |
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screen |
1,85 - Panoramic (single screen) |
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speed |
24 fps |
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sound |
sound |
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original language |
German & Spanish |
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translation |
French (Embedded subtitles) |
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rental fee |
37,00 € |
