Research Catalog

Title

Sirenomelia / Emilija Škarnulyté ; edited by Andrew Berardini.

Publication

• Berlin : Sternberg Press, [2021]
• [Cambridge, Mass.] : Distributed by The MIT Press
• ©2021

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Additional Authors

• Škarnulyté, Emilija
• Berardini, Andrew, 1982-
• Kunsthaus Centre d'art Pasquart (Biel, Switzerland), host institution.

Description

127 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

A mermaid dives through the Cold War ruins of nuclear submarine tunnels above the Arctic Circle in this in-depth focus on Sirenomelia by artist and filmmaker Emilija Skarnulyte, a poetic and scientific meditation on the artist's iconic cinematic installation exploring post-human mythologies, future archaeology, and the invisible structures that enfold us, from the cosmic and geologic to the ecological and political. With essays, interviews, and excerpts from Andrew Berardini, Roland Penrose, Nadim Samman, and Alison Sperling. Set in far-northern territories where cold, Arctic waters meet rocky escarpments on which radio telescopes record fast-traveling quasar waves, Sirenomelia links humans, nature, and machines and posits possible post-human mythologies. Shot in an abandoned Cold-War submarine base in Olavsvern, Norway, Sirenomelia 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.

Alternative Title

• Emilija Škarnulyté : Sirenomelia.
• Emilija Škarnulyté - Sunken Cities
• Sunken Cities

Subject

• Škarnulyté, Emilija > Exhibitions
• Škarnulyté, Emilija > Interviews
• Art, Lithuanian > Exhibitions
• Mermaids in art > Exhibitions
• Video art > Norway > Exhibitions
• Art lituanien > Expositions
• Sirènes dans l'art > Expositions
• Art vidéo > Norvège > Expositions
• Art, Lithuanian
• Mermaids in art
• Video art
• Norway

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Interviews.

Note

• Includes an interview with the artist by Nadim Samman.
• Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Emilija Škarnulyté - Sunken Cities," in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, at the Kunsthaus Centre d'art Pasquart, July 3-August 29, 2021.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

N7255.L573

ISBN

• 395679558X
• 9783956795589

LCCN

2021427131

OCLC

• on1267518621
• 1267518621
• SCSB-14341554

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries