SIRENOMELIA
Emilija Škarnulytė

Set in far-northern territories where cold, Arctic waters meet rocky escarpments on which radio telescopes record fast-traveling quasar waves, Sirenomelia links human, nature and machine, and posits possible post-human mythologies. Shot in an abandoned Cold-War submarine base in Olavsvern, Norway, the film is a cosmic portrait of one of humankind’s oldest mythic creatures—the mermaid. The artist, performing as a siren, swims through the decrepit NATO facility, while signals and white noise traverse the entirety of space, reaching its farthest corners, beyond human impact. Also exhibited under the title No Place Rising.